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Structured Academic Controversy

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Structured academic controversy is a cooperative-learning strategy in which small teams of students study and discuss a controversial issue from multiple perspectives. It is a technique specifically designed to engage students with a controversy by having them examine opposing viewpoints, work toward consensus, and consider positions that differ from their own with respect for those who hold them. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Structured academic controversy is a type of cooperative learning strategy where controversial issues are learnt and discussed from multiple perspectives by small teams of students. 1
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    Structured academic controversy is a type of cooperative learning strategy where controversial issues are learnt and discussed from multiple perspectives by small teams of students.
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    Structured academic controversy is a type of cooperative learning strategy where controversial issues are learnt and discussed from multiple perspectives by small teams of students.
  • In Approach: Cooperative Learning, Article text: in-approach
    Structured academic controversy is a type of cooperative learning strategy where controversial issues are learnt and discussed from multiple perspectives by small teams of students.
  • In Group: Cooperative, Peer and Small Group Methods, Lead
    Structured academic controversy is a type of cooperative learning strategy where controversial issues are learnt and discussed from multiple perspectives by small teams of students.
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