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ERIC Number: EJ222638
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Effects of Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Conditions on Children's Problem-Solving Performance.
Johnson, David W.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v17 n1 p83-93 Spr 1980
The effects of interpersonal cooperation, competition, and individualistic efforts were compared on a categorization and retrieval, a spatial-reasoning, and a verbal problem-solving task. Forty-five first-grade children were stratified on the basis of sex and ability. Students in the cooperative condition achieved best. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Class Organization, Competition, Cooperation, Grade 1, Independent Study, Motivation Techniques, Primary Education, Problem Solving, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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