Survey of Actual and Preferred Use of Cooperative Learning Among Exemplar Teachers

Collaborative learning in pre‐service teacher education: an exploratory study on related conceptions, self‐efficacy and implementation

“…It might be hypothesised that many of these students may have had negative experiences with CL, due to problems like the free-rider effect, an unequal division of work or an inappropriate application (e.g. Lopata, Miller, and Miller 2003). Student teachers' lack of interest in collaborating with one another has two main implications.…”

“…Further, Lopata, Miller, and Miller (2003) found that more experienced teachers implement CL more frequently and with greater competence. Other researchers argue that teachers face the problem of 'familiarity' (Geddis and Wood 1997) or 'apprenticeship of observation' (Hammerness 2005).…”

“…The current literature on CL indicates that this strategy is well situated in mainstream education (Lopata, Miller, and Miller 2003). Many studies focusing on the pedagogical value of CL indicate positive effects on the cognitive performance and social development of pupils (e.g.…”

“…Many studies focusing on the pedagogical value of CL indicate positive effects on the cognitive performance and social development of pupils (e.g. Johnson et al 2001;Lopata, Miller, and Miller 2003;Slavin 1996Slavin , 2004Veenman et al 2002).…”

Ten Australian Elementary Teachers' Discourse and Reported Pedagogical Practices during Cooperative Learning

“…Both Fuchs et al (1997) and King (1994) demonstrated that students learn more from their small-group experiences when they relate new information to prior knowledge and understandings. In addition, all 10 teachers in our study emphasized pedagogical practices that encouraged students to discuss their ideas with others, clarify misconceptions, explain their reasoning, and work together to construct new understandings, conditions that Lopata, Miller, and Miller (2003) and Varella (2000) believe are important for successful cooperative learning.…”