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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Darnon, Celine; Buchs, Celine; Desbar, Delphine – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
Can teenagers' self-efficacy be improved in a short time? Previous research has shown the positive effect of cooperative learning methods, including "jigsaw classrooms" (Aronson and Patnoe, 1997), on various outcomes (e.g., the liking of school, self-esteem, and reduction of prejudices). The present practice report investigated the effects of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Cooperative Learning, Educational Experience, Vocational Education
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Buchs, Celine; Butera, Fabrizio – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2009
Previous studies with university students have shown that resource interdependence during cooperative dyadic work on texts produces two different dynamics in student interaction and learning. Working on complementary information produces positive interactions, but a good quality of information transmission is needed to foster student learning.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Competence, College Students, Peer Relationship
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Quiamzade, Alain; Mugny, Gabriel; Cleopas, Agatta Dragulescu; Buchs, Celine – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2003
An experiment examined the conditions under which an expert source induces less competent targets to adopt a point of view contradicting their own in a context of information transmission. In a 2x2 factorial design participants (N=86) were either 1st year or 4th year university students, and the style of the message delivered by the epistemic…
Descriptors: Social Influences, College Students, Age Differences, Interaction