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Roger T. Johnson

Cooperative and Collaborative Learning Theorists

American professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Minnesota and co-director, with his brother David W. Johnson, of the university's Cooperative Learning Center. A former public school teacher from kindergarten through eighth grade, Roger Johnson brought classroom practice together with his brother's research to build cooperative learning's evidence base.

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American 1
Defining Contribution
Co-founded the University of Minnesota's Cooperative Learning Center with David W. Johnson and helped translate social interdependence research into classroom cooperative-learning practice. 1
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David W. Johnson, Thinkers

Brothers and long-time co-developers of cooperative learning at the University of Minnesota.

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Source Cooperative Learning Institute: Roger and David Johnson
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