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ERIC Number: EJ324664
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Cooperative Dyads: Impact on Text Learning and Transfer.
McDonald, Barbara A.; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v10 n4 p369-77 Oct 1985
In two experiments, college student pairs who were given a systematic strategy for learning cooperatively from a text were compared with pairs who created their own strategies and with individuals who used the systematic or their own strategy. The cooperative learning strategy facilitated both initial learning and transfer. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Independent Study, Learning Strategies, Recall (Psychology), Teamwork, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cooperative Learning; Delta Vocabulary Test; Group Embedded Figures Test (Oltman)