id: 02340691
dt: j
an: 2001d.03172
au: Mueller, Andrea; Fleming, Thomas
ti: Cooperative learning: listening to how children work at school.
so: J. Educ. Res. 94, No. 5, 259-265 (2001).
py: 2001
pu: Heldref, Washington, DC
la: EN
cc: D43
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ci: 
li: doi:10.1080/00220670109598761
ab: Cooperative and collaborative learning are recognized as valuable
    components of classroom learning. However, many questions remain
    regarding how teachers might structure and guide children’s
    group-learning experiences. An ethnographic case study of 29 Grade 6
    and Grade 7 students who worked in groups over 5 weeks was examined to
    determine what was learned. Data included audiotape recordings of 6
    groups of children working together across 11 work sessions, student
    interviews, children’s self-evaluations and drawings, and research
    reports. Findings revealed that when working in groups, children
    require periods of unstructured time to organize themselves and to
    learn how to work together toward a mutual goal.
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