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Enhancing Social Studies Achievement among Hispanic Students Using Cooperative Learning Work Groups.
Download full textLampe, Judith R.; Rooze, Gene E. – 1994
This paper reports on a 12-week study of 131 students in eight fourth-grade social studies classrooms in two elementary schools in the southwestern United States with low socioeconomic, high minority populations. Although research has indicated that cooperative learning enhances student achievement, promotes self-esteem, and improves interpersonal…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Grade 4, Group Activities
Peer reviewedLehman, Peter – Teaching Sociology, 1997
Describes a research project in which the students examine data showing the income disparity between men and women. The students decide on which sociological theories might explain this discrepancy and devise a study to test this hypothesis. Includes instructions for the assignment and guidelines for cooperative learning. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Comparable Worth, Cooperative Learning, Economic Status
Peer reviewedSmith, Christopher A.; And Others – Biochemical Education, 1995
Describes the process of problem-based learning (PBL), discusses the history of the movement, and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of PBL. Explains the advantages of PBL in developing desirable attributes in biochemistry graduates which include being able to generalize, being able to interpret data, and possessing knowledge of relevant…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biochemistry, Classroom Techniques, Discovery Learning
