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Volume : I, Issue : II, March - 2011 INTRODUCTION TO CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING Yash Pal Singh , Anju Agrawal Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Cooperative learning is the learning process in which individuals learn in a small group with the help of each other. Cooperative learning gives importance to cooperation as against our present educational system, which is based on competition. Cooperation rather than competition is the predominant characteristics of human beings. People are bonded together by love and cooperation and it is this quality on which the survival of human kind is based. The present paper discusses the concept and salient features of cooperative learning. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Yash Pal Singh , Anju Agrawal, (2011). INTRODUCTION TO CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. II, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3824.pdf References : - Harkins, S., & Petty, H. (1982). The effects of task difficulty and task uniqueness on social loafing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43,1214-1229.
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