Secondary Schools and Cooperative Learning:

Original essays by noted scholars explore cooperative learning, curriculum development, and teaching strategies. Focusing on grades 9 through 12, the volume first emphasizes theories underlying the use of selected cooperative learning strategies in secondary schools and then examines strategies and practical applications for classrooms. Contributors include David Johnson, Roger Johnson, Ruven Lazarowitz, Yael Sharan, Shlomo Sharan, Robert Slavin, Karl Smith, and others who have successfully implemented cooperative learning strategies in science, math, social studies, English/language arts, and gifted and talented. These contributors focus on how models are utilized and implemented. Discussions involve obstacles that impede success, problems and concerns, solutions, and suggestions for problem solving. An index is provided.

Preface
Cooperative Learning and Individual Student Achievement in Secondary Schools	p. 3
Cooperative Learning and Critical Thinking	p. 55
Cooperative Learning and Nonacademic Outcomes of Schooling: The Other Side of the Report Card	p. 81
Cooperative Learning in Secondary Mathematics: Research and Theory	p. 153
Learning Science in Cooperative Modes in Junior- and Senior-High Schools: Cognitive and Affective Outcomes	p. 185
Cooperative Learning in Secondary English: Research and Theory	p. 229
Group Investigation: Theoretical Foundations	p. 251
Cooperative Group Learning in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom	p. 281
Putting the Pieces Together - Together	p. 303
Music of Many Voices: Group Investigation in a Cooperative High School Classroom	p. 313
Learning Biology in Cooperative Investigative Groups	p. 341
Making Cooperative Learning(s) Long Lasting: Integrating Cooperative Process and Content in the Secondary School	p. 365
Jigsaw Synthesis: A Method for Incorporating a Study of Social Issues into the Extant Curriculum	p. 389
Student Teams-Achievement Divisions in the Secondary Classroom	p. 425
Selected Annotated Bibliography	p. 447
List of Contributors	p. 457
Author Index	p. 459
Subject Index	p. 469
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Secondary Schools and Cooperative Learning: Theories, Models, and Strategies

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