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Peer reviewedMcDonald, Barbara A.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1985
In two experiments, college student pairs who were given a systematic strategy for learning cooperatively from a text were compared with pairs who created their own strategies and with individuals who used the systematic or their own strategy. The cooperative learning strategy facilitated both initial learning and transfer. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Independent Study, Learning Strategies
