Impact of STAD model of Cooperative Learning on Iranian EFL Learners’ Critical Thinking and Motivation

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Abolhassan Nazari ¹ , Omid Tabatabaei ² , Mohammad Ali Heidari Shahreza ³

1 - Department of English, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran
2 - English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
3 - Department of English, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran

Received: 2021-01-16 Accepted : 2021-06-27 Published : 2021-10-01

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