A View of the Science Education Research Literature

William R. Robinson
Departmento f Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayett, IN 47907
J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (6), p 622
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p622
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 1997

Abstract

Study of the impact of cooperative and competitive efforts on problem solving; analysis shows that cooperation resulted in higher-quality individual problem solving than did competition

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Report

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Collaborative / Cooperative Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Learning Theories

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