COOPERATIVE LEARNING MAGAZINE 1993 – vol. 13, no. 3 Is Competition Ever Appropriate in a Cooperative Classroom? By Alfie Kohn Of the numerous benefits of cooperative learning (CL), the one that first appealed to many of us was its status as an alternative to competition. Some combination of observation, personal experience, and research has made it painfully clear that setting … Read More
Resistance to Cooperative Learning: Making Sense of Its Deletion and Dilution (*)
JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 1992 – vol. 174, no. 2, pages 38-56 Resistance to Cooperative Learning Making Sense of Its Deletion and Dilution By Alfie Kohn [My teacher is] always [going] on about help thy neighbour and [all] that [– but] you try and do that in his lessons and you’re out. — Dave, a 14-year-old student (quoted in Dunn, Rudduck, … Read More
Group Grade Grubbing versus Cooperative LEARNING
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP March 1991 Group Grade Grubbing versus Cooperative Learning By Alfie Kohn Even before the recent surge of interest in cooperative learning (CL), researchers and practitioners were already staking out positions on precisely what the term denotes and how the idea should be implemented. Constructive controversies (or, less charitably, factional disputes) have arisen with respect to almost every aspect … Read More