Ability grouping and cooperative learning

The Argument against Cooperative Learning for Talented Students Ann
Robinson Cooperative learning has arrived. The popular press as well as
specialized academic journals are recommending cooperative learning as the
educational antidote for the achievment ills and motivational malaise of our
students (Bower, 1989; Johnson & Johnson, 1983; Parker, 1985). Educational
Leadership featured cooperative learning in the 1980's and in January 1990
devoted a special issue to it.