“…Applied studies by Bunzel (1971), Goldman (1975), Pape and Miller (1967), and others consistently claim that group solving is more individually motivating and interesting, is more conducive to cognitive learning, changes the character of later work more positively, is more likely to cause affective learning of the subject matter, causes changes in general affective learning, changes classroom structure and relationships, and increases reasoning and problem-solving skills. Because these applied studies were unsystematic and anecdotal in character, their findings may not stand up to more rigorous analysis.…”