Cooperative learning in elementary classrooms: Teaching practices and lesson characteristics

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 74-91

  Emmer, Edmund T ^a   Gerwels, Mary Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0038890125     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499716     Document Type: Article

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