ABSTRACT
Introduction This handbook is the result of a four-year study that brought together teachers and researchers in the exploration of how pupil group work can be made more effective in support of children’s learning. The research study, known as the ‘SPRinG’ project, developed and evaluated a new approach to group work in primary schools. It was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Teaching and Learning Research Programme. SPRinG is an acronym for Social Pedagogic Research into Group work, and is based upon the view that effective group work can be facilitated through:
1 Careful attention to the physical and social organisation of the classroom and groups.
