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ERIC Number: EJ434332
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Play as Collaborative Learning: A Response to Michael McClure (EJ Update).
Stassen-McLaughlin, Marilyn
English Journal, v80 n7 p72-76 Nov 1991
Discusses collaborative learning and group work. Asserts that teachers often put pressure on a group so that students cannot communicate freely. Suggests changing evaluative markers from good and bad to most outrageous, most thought provoking, and most humorous, so that students' creative energy can flow. Includes transcripts of student discussions. (PRA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Discussion, Learning Processes, Peer Evaluation, Play, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Collaborative Learning; Teaching Strategies