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ERIC Number: EJ587140
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-2323
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On the Free-Rider Problem in Cooperative Learning.
Joyce, William B.
Journal of Education for Business, v74 n5 p271-74 May-Jun 1999
Cooperative-learning activities were implemented in one of two sections of an accounting class. The problem of "free riders"--students who do not participate fully in cooperative-learning groups--was reduced by having group members rotate midway through the course. (SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Accounting, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Student Motivation, Student Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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