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Peer reviewedWiersema, Bert; Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1992
Presents study results on the effects of students working in pairs on spelling in three different grades. Explains that students working individually were compared to students working in pairs. Reports less off-task behavior for the younger students working in pairs. Concludes that effort increases in pair work, but achievement increased only at…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMuir, Raquel – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1982
A teacher recounts her experiences in adapting the concept of Academic Learning Time (ALT), developed in the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study, to sixth-grade classes whose students formerly had been instructed individually. ALT was introduced into reading and mathematics instruction. Its effects on student motivation and achievement are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Grade 6
