ERIC Number: EJ1147332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0737-0008
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Emergent Leadership in Children's Cooperative Problem Solving Groups
Sun, Jingjng; Anderson, Richard C.; Perry, Michelle; Lin, Tzu-Jung
Cognition and Instruction, v35 n3 p212-235 2017
Social skills involved in leadership were examined in a problem-solving activity in which 252 Chinese 5th-graders worked in small groups on a spatial-reasoning puzzle. Results showed that students who engaged in peer-managed small-group discussions of stories prior to problem solving produced significantly better solutions and initiated significantly more effective leadership than control students. A mediation analysis suggested that it was because of effective leadership that groups who had experienced discussions achieved better problem solutions.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Competence, Small Group Instruction, Spatial Ability, Abstract Reasoning, Puzzles, Story Telling, Instructional Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Statistical Analysis, Context Effect, Student Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Leadership, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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