CB>CB> encourage the slower kids to steal from the 
CB>CB> brighter kids.  Students
CB>Any teacher that gives the whole group a group 
CB>grade for "cooperative 
CB>learning" isn't teaching. It is very easy to make a check 
CB>list to monitor the groups and individuals in them. Any 
CB>teacher fully trained in the process of cooperative 
CB>learning would never give everyone in the group the same 
CB>grade unless the work and its quality were equal for each 
CB>person in the group. Also, each member of the group would 
CB>be able to take turns at the different roles so that skills 
CB>may be developed. 
 CB> And your point, related to the discussion, is?
Any teacher should be able to minimize the cheating in a "cooperative 
learning" environment. Cooperative learning can and should exist in 
classrooms at least part of the time. Done correctly, it should not encourage 
moral disbehavior (cheating).
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