As instructional consultants, school psychologists must often help teachers choose and implement new instructional methodologies of potential benefit to students. Co-operative learning is one of these instructional approaches. During the past few years it has garnered a great deal of teacher and administrative interest, making it important that psychologists understand the nature of cooperative learning, the thrust of research, difficulties teachers might face and what they can do to support implementation. This article addresses these concerns.
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