The Teacher’s Role in Implementing Cooperative Learning in the Classroom

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gillies, Robyn M. (Editor), Ashman, Adrian F. (Editor), Terwel, Jan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning ; 8
• Subjects: Education.; Education > Data processing.; Educational technology.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Technology.; Computers and Education.

Cooperative learning is widely endorsed as a pedagogical practice that promotes student learning. Recently, the research focus has moved to the role of teachers’ discourse during cooperative learning and its effects on the quality of group discussions and the learning achieved. Although the benefits...