Cooperative Chaos by: Deborah Lambert, February 12, 2009 If students’ heads are being filled with mush these days, there’s a reason. In fact, there are many. One of them could be that students are being subjected to trendy educational theories that make no sense and have little value as teaching tools. Take "cooperative learning," for example. In case you’re out of the loop, this is one of the latest educational ideas, also known as “collaborative,” “interactive” or “student-centered” learning. Charlotte Allen reported on www.mindingthecampus.com that it’s all part of the edu-mindspeak known as “constructivism” that “holds that teachers don’t teach...