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Scholars
Aronson, Eliot. Created Jigsaw method (http://www.jigsaw.org). Has focused on attitude change and social influences in his work and created Jigsaw to diffuse racial tensions exacerbated by competitive learning methods in Texas in the 1970s. “The only psychologist to have earned the APA’s highest honors in all three major academic categories” (http://aronson.socialpsychology.org/).
Johnson and Johnson
Johnson, David W. Co-director of the Cooperative Learning Center. Publishes many articles and books with Roger T. Johnson.
Johnson, Roger T. Co-director of the Cooperative Learning Center. Publishes many articles and books with David W. Johnson.
Together their research gives evidence to the effectiveness of cooperative learning in education and explores appropriate structures to maximize its utility.
Kagan, Spencer. He has published over 100 studies and has his own publishing company that distributes a great deal of literature, resources, and textbooks on cooperative learning and professional development for teachers (http://www.kaganonline.com).
O’Donnell, Angela M. Educational psychologist currently at Rutgers. With others, she developed the learning method of Scripted Cooperation. She has also published many books on the topic of cooperative learning.
Slavin, Robert. Chair of the Success for All Foundation (http://www.successforall.net) and Co-Director of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk at Johns Hopkins University. Has published more than 15 books and over 200 articles (http://www.csos.jhu.edu/contact/staff/vitae/bob%20slavin.pdf). QAIT model (http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/instruct/dirinst.html)
Webb, Noreen M. A professor at UCLA, her research has concentrated on cooperative learning with a focus on its practical use and outcomes, especially in relation to mathematics education.
