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ERIC Number: EJ443164
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
Collaborative Learning and American Literature.
Hawkes, Peter
College Teaching, v39 n4 p140-44 Fall 1991
The strength of collaborative learning is in involving students in intellectual problem solving. In a college-level U.S. literature course at East Stroudsburg University (Pennsylvania), traditional lecture and Socratic questioning establishes background; and collaborative learning is used to help students examine the central questions about the text that remain unanswered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Problem Solving, United States Literature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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