Asserts that while economic development increasingly demands greater technological sophistication, community colleges are faced with growing numbers of developmentally challenged students. Suggests that learning communities may effectively resolve this paradox. Focuses on one small community college in Louisiana, where a learning community is in…

Describes a study that investigated whether cooperative editing had lasting benefits for remedial freshman composition students. Reports that students who had been taught the application of standard written grammar made significantly higher mean grades in freshman composition than students who had been taught using only textbooks, discussion, and…

Analyzes two limitations associated with cooperative learning: how to evaluate the teamwork skills that students demonstrate during group work, and how to provide tasks that enable students to practice these teamwork skills. Discusses a new model of learning and instruction called Collaboration-Integration Theory (CIT), which ensures that students…