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Cooperative Learning Saves the Day! -- One Teacher's Story
Dr. Theodore Panitz was a popular educator whose courses filled with eager students, but he had a problem. When the time came to test the students' understanding of mathematical concepts, they struggled. His own investigation led Panitz to the discovery that his teaching method was building up his own powers of problem solving -- not his students'. What was the answer to this baffling problem? Cooperative learning! Included: Three of Panitz's favorite cooperative-learning activities and links to his cooperative-learning resources on the Web!

Let's Cooperate! Teachers Share Tips for Cooperative Learning
Cooperation starts at the top! Teachers who use cooperative learning in their classrooms have developed techniques that make the most of this method -- and they share them. From forming groups to using rubrics, these ideas will make any lesson of a cooperative nature a little more fun! Included: Teacher tips, a rubric for grading students' cooperative efforts, and additional online resources!

Teaching Resources
Classroom teacher and author Laura Candler shares her ideas on cooperative learning as well as her teaching resources.

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Cooperative Learning
An Online tutorial from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Cooperative Learning Center
The Web site of the Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota explains cooperative learning and offers many related essays.

Cooperative Learning Elementary Activities
Written for grades K through five in all subject areas, this resource contains many cooperative-learning lessons for teachers to share with their classes.

Cooperative Learning
This site explains some principles of cooperative learning, suggests some interaction structures, and answers readers' questions about the method.

Cooperative Learning
This resource provides a definition of cooperative learning, explains how the approach enhances learning, and identifies cooperative-learning structures and techniques.

The Cooperative Learning Network
Find information about cooperative learning, locate links with more facts and advice, and see how to join an online cooperative-learning discussion group.