It is proposed that cooperative learning and collaborative learning are related but essentially different processes, developed for educating people of different ages, experiences, and levels of interdependence and based on distinctive assumptions about the nature and authority of knowledge. Moreover, cooperative learning may undercut collaborative…

Three classes of ninth-grade general science students participated in a collaborative report-writing intervention study. Students' collaboratively written laboratory reports were evaluated for evidence of the use of scientific reasoning skills and to document qualitative changes in reasoning skills over time. Concludes that collaborative writing…

Presents a lesson, Scientific Literacy Is a Lifetime Skill, that provides thought and discussion on science as an aspect of everyday life. Uses concept mapping to help students explore from their perspective the relationship between formal science education and real-world situations. (JRH)

This study investigated the differential effects of pausing during mathematics instruction in which 22 students with mild disabilities either worked independently or together. Results provided support for incorporating pauses during lecture. Performance gains were found in both accuracy and fluency of computation. Only multiplication performance…

Evaluates the use of hypermedia in a management training course for Executive Directors of Cities in Schools (CIS) drop-out prevention programs. The course was taught at the National Center for Partnership Development at Lehigh University's College of Education in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (AEF)

Includes the following articles on block play: "Block Building: Opportunities for Learning" (Cuffaro); "Block Play: Experiences in Cooperative Learning and Living" (Cartwright); "Block Play is for ALL Children" (Stritzel); "Enriching the Possibilities of Block Play" (Reifel); and "On the Floor with…

Describes a constructivist, interactive approach for teaching undergraduate mathematics, abstract algebra in particular, using computer constructions programmed in ISETL to induce students' mental constructions and collaborative learning to help students reflect on these constructions. (18 references) (MKR)

Focuses on the tutorial function of writing centers. Describes the uniqueness of the tutorial relationship. Claims that this relationship makes possible knowledge about writing unavailable in more institutionalized settings. Analyzes extensive excerpts from student comments concerning tutorial experiences. (HB)

Describes how, in a second-/third-grade classroom, and in the context of writing workshop, another kind of community developed--an informal but long-lasting "writing club" with eight core members who worked collaboratively and developed a story topic that became the dominant story topic pattern throughout the remainder of the school year. (SR)

Describes the use of the black-box technique to explore electrical circuit design and circuit elements. (JRH)

Conducted a study to examine the influence of grouping, by means of cooperative learning, on elementary preservice teachers' (n=84) science teaching efficacy. Confirms the relative superiority of heterogeneous cooperative learning. Concludes that a well-designed science teaching methods experience can enhance the development of science teaching…

Used multiple-choice instruments and classroom observations of elementary education majors (n=116) to examine the importance of cooperative incentives and heterogeneous grouping in cooperative learning. Results indicate no differences in the achievement of students in the group accountability and individual accountability conditions and do not…

Taking students to the grocery store can build math skills, encourage cooperation, and benefit local charities. One activity has students collect coupons, earn money, divide into groups (with specifically assigned roles), shop for items for local charities, with the aid of parent volunteers, then deliver the groceries to the charities. (SM)

Reviews: "How to Get Your Teaching Ideas Published: A Writer's Guide to Educational Publishing" (Stangl); "Early Childhood Curriculum: Developmental Bases for Learning and Teaching" (Wortham); "Investigating Mathematics with Young Children" (Althouse); "When Children Write: Critical Revisions of the Writing Workshop" (Lensmire); and "Cooperative…

Describes the philosophical phenomenology of Edmund Husserl and argues that his insights can greatly inform contemporary composition theory. Discusses how phenomenology affects both design and analysis in composition research. (HB)