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About the ContributorsChai Ching Sing is a lecturer in the Instructional Science academic group, NationalInstitute of Education, Singapore. His major research interests include teacher professionaldevelopment and computer supported collaborative learning. E-mail:cschai@nie.edu.sgGeorge Jacobs has published more than 100 articles, book chapters, and bookson Cooperative Learning (CL). His CL books are The Teacher's Solrrcebook forCooperative Learning, published by Corwin (www.corwinpress.com) and LearningCooperative Learning Via Cooperative Learning: A Sourcebook of Lesson Plans for TeacherEducation on Cooperative Learning, published by Kagan (www.KaganOn1ine.com).George also edits the newsletter of the International Association for the Study ofCooperation in Education (www.iasce.net) and serves on that organization's executiveboard. Additionally, George is moderator of an Internet Listserv on CL andis helping to organize a CL conference in Singapore in June 2004. E-mail:george@veget?rian-society.orgJim Murphy was associate professor in the Instructional Science academic group,National Institute of Education, Singapore. Previously he was a staff developer atthe National University of Singapore. He recently took up an appointment in theHigher Education Development Unit at Monash University, Melbourne, where heteaches the Certificate in Higher Education and conducts workshops in researchsupervision.John Tan is an assistant professor in Biomechanics, Anatomy and Badminton inthe Physical Education and Sports Science academic group at the NationalInstitute of Education, Singapore. E-mail: tanccjQnie.edu.sgKirsten Schaetzel is an assistant professor in the English Language and Literatureacademic group, National Institute of Education, Singapore. Her main researchinterests include academic literacy, culturally appropriate reading materials andcreating tolerant classroom environments. E-mail: kasch@nie.edu.sg