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Peer reviewedFerguson, Patrick – Action in Teacher Education, 1990
This article describes an effort to employ cooperative team learning (CTL), specifically the Jigsaw technique, as a vehicle for helping prospective middle school teachers enrolled in a social studies methods course translate theory into practice. Recommendations are made for broader implementation of CTL in middle school teacher education…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Middle Schools
