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ERIC Number: EJ598322
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Promoting Helping Behavior in Cooperative Small Groups in Middle School Mathematics.
Webb, Noreen M.; Farivar, Sydney
American Educational Research Journal, v31 n2 p369-95 Sum 1994
Compared effects on achievement and verbal interaction of a cooperative learning instructional program promoting basic communication skills and academic helping skills (experimental condition) with those of a program promoting only basic communication skills. Results with 166 seventh graders show more elaborated help and higher achievement for African American and Latino students in the experimental condition. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperative Learning, Helping Relationship, Hispanic Americans, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Small Group Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Latinos