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Step Seven

Establish Cooperative Learning Groups

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Establishing cooperative learning groups is one of the most effective means for teaching science. Linn & Burbules2 describe a cooperative learning group as one that divides a task into parts, with each member completing one part of the whole project. A collaborative learning group has two or more students jointly solving a single solution for a problem.

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Greenspan, Y.F. (2016). Step Seven. In: A Guide to Teaching Elementary Science. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-367-4_7

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