Implementing a research-based model of cooperative learning.

Cooperative learning involves collections of students working to out and out a common task. It is a rich educational strategy because it affords elaborate pupil interactions. That richness makes cooperative learning a composite construct to study. Given its complexity, researchers have attempted to specify its courses and to control its implementation.

The preponderance of research upon the outcomes and processes associated with cooperative learning glance ats that it can effectively further academic achievement and social skills disentanglement (Elmore & Zenus, 1992; Johnson &