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Cooperative learning is more than just learners working in groups
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Van der Horst & McDonald (1997:127) state that  cooperative learning is more than just learners working in groups. They define cooperative learning as ‘…learners working together in a group small enough that everyone can participate in a collective task that has been clearly defined, and without direct immediate  supervision of the teacher’.
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Abrami, Chambers, Poulsen, De Simone, Apollonia & Howden (1995:1) define cooperative learning as ‘… an instructional strategy in which students work together in groups that are carefully designed to promote positive interdependence (Links to an external site.). This positive interdependence is coupled with individual accountability (Links to an external site.)so that students are responsible for learning and contributing to the group task’.
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