We have studied the types of student teams that are most effective for collaborative learning in a large freshman university physics course. We compared teams in which the students were all of roughly equal ability to teams with a mix of student abilities, we compared teams with three members to teams with four members, and we examined teams with…

The educational inclusion of pupils with special or additional educational needs is being promoted internationally. One would expect that professionals for whom the group identity as 'special professional' is both important and perceived as being under threat, would only be supportive of inclusion if it could be orchestrated in a way which fosters…