Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is this collaboration? / Jeanne Marcum Gerlach -- Teacher as co-conspirator: knowledge and authority in collaborative learning / James L. Flannery -- Developing collaborative skills in college students / Kris Bosworth -- Group dynamics: understanding group success and failure in collaborative learning / Judith E. Miller, John Trimbur, John M. Wilkes -- Critical thinking and collaborative learning / Craig E. Nelson -- Computer technology and collaborative learning / Patricia Sullivan -- Assessing effectiveness in the collaborative classroom / Sharon Farrago Cramer -- Case studies / Allen Emerson ... [et al.] -- Freedom transformed: toward a developmental model for the construction of collaborative learning environments / Sharon J. Hamilton.