Cooperative learning in Israel: Historical, cultural and educational perspectives

Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz; Tamar Zelniker

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 23, No. 3 pp. 267–281

This chapter examines 20 years of CL practices in Israel, from historical and ideological perspectives. The examination reveals that U.S.A. methods of CL are inherently culture-bound, and that their basic structure and techniques are incompatible...

Language: English

A Conceptual Model (The Six Mirrors of the Classroom) and It's Application to Teaching and Learning about Microorganisms

Mahmood Khalil; Reuven Lazarowitz; Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 18, No. 1 (February 2009) pp. 85–100

In this paper a conceptual model of instruction "the six mirrors of the classroom" used as a frame for teaching a learning topic, the microorganisms are depicted. The paper consists of four sections: (a) the six mirrors of the classroom model (SMC); ...

Measures of Writing Development in Learning Environments Using Cooperative Learning (CL) and Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)

Irit Bar-Natan; Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2000 (April 2000)

The computer-mediated communication (CMC) learning environment focuses on children's interaction with the computers and their mastery of the technology as potential for learning. Peer interaction mainly in cooperative and collaborative learning...

Writing development of Arab and Jewish students using cooperative learning (CL) and computer-mediated communication (CMC)

Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz; Irit Bar-Natan

Computers & Education Vol. 39, No. 1 (2002) pp. 19–36

Writing has become central in today's schools as a measure for academic success. In this study 599 5th- and 6th-grade students, 210 Jews and 389 Arabs (310 boys and 289 girls), studied in three learning environments: cooperative learning (CL),...

Language: English