ERIC Number: EJ680603
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jun-1
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
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Resource Interdependence, Student Interactions and Performance in Cooperative Learning
Buchs, Celine; Butera, Fabrizio; Mugny, Gabriel
Educational Psychology, v24 n3 p291-314 Jun 2004
Two studies were carried out during university workshops, and analyzed the effects of resource interdependence on student-student interactions, and the impact of these interactions on performance. Students worked cooperatively, either on complementary information (positive resource interdependence) or on identical information (resource independence). In Study 1, analysis of videotaped interactions revealed that working on complementary information produced more positive interactions; however this was not sufficient to prevent students who had no direct access to the information from being disadvantaged, because of informational dependence. In Study 2, with simpler texts allowing better information transmission, performance was favored when students worked on complementary information. Moreover, working on identical information not only enhanced confrontations of point of views, it also elicited competence threat. Further analysis revealed that competence threat mediated resource interdependence effect on performance. Discussion provides insights into the conditions in which different cooperative methods can benefit learning.
Descriptors: Interaction, Workshops, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Videotape Recordings, Hypothesis Testing, Predictor Variables, Student Role, Educational Benefits
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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