Cooperative learning, computer-supported collaborative learning, and digital games probably improve learning.¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Cooperative learning probably improves learning, computer-supported collaborative learning probably improves learning, and digital games probably improve learning, but the size of the effect varies. → Oxman 2024

Evidence¶

Oxman 2024¶

Oxman, Andrew D.; Nsangi, Allen; Martínez García, Laura; Kaseje, Margaret; Samsó Jofra, Laura; Semakula, Daniel; Munthe-Kaas, Heather; Rosenbaum, Sarah E. (2024). The effects of teaching strategies on learning to think critically in primary and secondary schools: an overview of systematic reviews. F1000Research. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.158087.1

q3 · i? · review · r3

The overview authors prepared plain language summaries for 37 teaching strategies judged most relevant to teaching critical thinking. For cooperative learning, they concluded that it probably improves learning.

"Cooperative learning probably improves learning."

Discussion¶

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