Teachers' reflections on cooperative learning: Issues of implementation

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-940

  Gillies, Robyn M ^a   Boyle, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative learning; Pedagogical practice; Small group learning; Teachers' reflections

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649342723     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.034     Document Type: Article

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