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ERIC Number: EJ330650
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Mathematics Achievement in Cooperative Versus Individualistic Goal-Structured High School Classrooms.
Sherman, Lawrence W.; Thomas, Mary
Journal of Educational Research, v79 n3 p169-72 Jan-Feb 1986
Two high school general mathematics classes with similar pretest scores were taught a unit on percentages, one with a cooperative and the other with an individualistic goal structure. At posttest, the cooperatively goal-structured class demonstrated significantly higher achievement than the individualistic group. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperation, Goal Orientation, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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