Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ488766
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-1068-378X
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Direct Teaching of Collaborative Skills in a Cooperative Learning Environment.
Patrick, Judy
Teaching and Change, v1 n2 p170-81 Win 1994
A fifth-grade teacher describes her investigation of direct teaching of collaborative skills, explaining how she taught explicit cooperative skills and documented her findings. The teacher describes patterns of higher-quality journal entries, improved collaborative skills, increased self-esteem, transfer of collaborative skills to new contexts, and students' coping skills. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Coping, Decision Making, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 5, Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Intermediate Grades, Journal Writing, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Self Esteem, Skill Development, Student Journals, Teamwork, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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