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Acculturation of Prosocial and Competitive Behaviors Among Second-and Third-Generation Mexican-American Children
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Knight, George P.; Kagan, Spencer – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1977
Found that increasing generation level was associated with decreasing frequency of altruism/group-enhancenment and equality choices and increasing frequency of rivalry/superiority choices, supporting an acculturation to the majority rather than acculturation to the barrio model. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Behavior Patterns, Children, Competition
The Structural Approach to Cooperative Learning.
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Kagan, Spencer – Educational Leadership, 1990
The structural approach to cooperative learning is based on the creation, analysis, and systematic application of content-free ways to organize classroom interactions. Structures (outlined in a table) have differing uses in the academic, cognitive, and social domains, such as team building, communication building, mastery, and concept development.…
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Development of Prosocial and Competitive Behaviors in Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children
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Knight, George P.; Kagan, Spencer – Child Development, 1977
A novel behavioral choice card designed to distinguish 4 social behaviors (altruism/group enhancement, equality, superiority, and rivalry/superiority) was administered to 5- to 6- and 7- to 9-year-old children from 3 populations: upper-middle-SES Anglo-American; lower-SES Anglo-American; and lower-SES Mexican-American. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Competition, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Siblings, Birth Order, and Cooperative-Competitive Social Behavior: A Comparison of Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children.
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Knight, George P.; Kagan, Spencer – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1982
Tested the hypothesis that differences in cooperative-competitive social behavior between Anglo-Americans and Mexican Americans is a result of larger family size among the latter group. Found that, even after controlling for number of siblings and birth order, statistically significant differences in such behavior remained between the two groups.…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Birth Order, Children, Competition
Cooperation and Competition of Mexican, Mexican-American, and Anglo-American Children of Two Ages under Four Instructional Sets
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Kagan, Spencer; Madsen, Millard C. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior Patterns, Competition, Cooperation
Competition and School Achievement Among Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children
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Kagan, Spencer; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Mexican-American and Anglo-American children from a semirural low-income elementary school were tested for competition, individualism, field independence, and school achievement. The Mexican-American children were found to be more prosocial and less competitive, but these factors were not necessarily related to lower school achievement. (GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Competition, Cultural Differences
Cooperativeness and Achievement: Interaction of Student Cooperativeness with Cooperative versus Competitive Classroom Organization.
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Widaman, Keith F.; Kagan, Spencer – Journal of School Psychology, 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…
Descriptors: Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Competition
Cultural Differences in Individualism? Just Artifact.
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Kagan, Spencer; Zahn, G. Lawrence – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1983
To test possible cultural differences in strength of individualistic motivation and explore reliability of different individualism measures, two individualism measures were administered to 476 Anglo American, 156 Mexican American, and 101 Black children, aged six to 12. Results indicated age but not cultural differences in strength of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Competition