Improving race relations in higher education: The jigsaw classroom as a missing piece to the puzzle

Urban Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 316-344

  Williams, Devon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooperative learning; Higher education; Intergroup cognition; Prejudice reduction; Race relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442540469     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085904263063     Document Type: Article

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