Cooperativeness and Achievement: Interaction of Student Cooperativeness with Cooperative versus Competitive Classroom Organization.

Widaman, Keith F.; Kagan, Spencer

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ERIC Number: EJ367080

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Publication Date: 1987

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Cooperativeness and Achievement: Interaction of Student Cooperativeness with Cooperative versus Competitive Classroom Organization.

Widaman, Keith F.; Kagan, Spencer

Journal of School Psychology, v25 n4 p355-65 Win 1987

Investigated differential impact of various cooperative learning methods and the interaction of student characteristics with learning methods in 864 elementary school students and 32 student teachers. Results revealed substantial differences in effects of cooperative techniques. Cooperative-competitive social orientation and ethnic status interacted with classroom structure to determine achievement gains. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Competition, Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnic Status, Learning Strategies, Student Characteristics, Student Teachers, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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