From co-operation to collaboration: Helping students become collaborative learners

Cooperative Learning: The Social and Intellectual Outcomes of Learning in Groups

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 69-85

  McWhaw, Katherine ^a   Schnackenberg, Heidi ^b   Sclater, Jennifer ^a   Abrami, Philip C ^a  

^a Systematic Reviews Project Manager Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 77958575617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203465264     Document Type: Chapter

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