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Group Work Can Be Gratifying: Understanding & Overcoming Resistance to Cooperative Learning

Junko Shimazoe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Howard Aldrich University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pages 52-57 | Published online: 08 Aug 2010

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