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According to a 2002 nationwide survey
of more than 1,200 fourth- and
eighth-grade teachers, 55 percent of
fourth-grade teachers prefer cooperative
learning, compared to only 26 percent
who favor teacher-directed
formats. Only 35 percent of fourthgrade
and 29 percent of eighth-grade
teachers spend more than half their
classroom time on traditional instruction,
while 42 percent of fourth-grade
and 41 percent of eighth-grade teachers
spend at least a quarter of class time on
group work. Among younger teachers,
small-group learning is even more popular,
suggesting that the trend will continue
for some time to come.
The cooperative approach has politically
progressive roots—the theory is
that students take ownership of their
education when they learn from one
another—but according to elementary
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