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Humphreys, Lloyd G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
The conclusion of Bridgeman and Buttram that race differences on a nonverbal reasoning test are smaller when subjects have been given verbal strategy training is not supported by their data. The conclusion that the tests used are inadequate psychometrically can be supported. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Group Instruction, Nonverbal Tests, Problem Solving, Racial Differences
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Selman, Robert L.; Lieberman, Marcus – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
This experiment evaluated the effects of a semistructured group discussion approach to moral education on the level of usage of the concept of moral intentionality with 68 second grade students. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Curriculum Evaluation, Ethical Instruction
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Johnson, David W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
The effects of structuring classroom learning cooperatively or individualistically were compared, and results indicated that cooperative, compared to individualized, learning resulted in greater ability to take the affective perspective of others, more altruism, more positive attitudes toward classroom life, and higher achievement. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Altruism, Elementary Education
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Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Team Assisted Individualization (TAI), a mathematics program combining individualized instruction, cooperative learning teams, and direct instruction, was compared to control methods in a 24-week experiment in 59 third- through fifth-grade classrooms. Significantly positive effects were found for both disabled and nondisabled students. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
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Chambers, Bette; Abrami, Philip C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
The relationships among prior achievement, individual outcome, team outcome, and students' achievement and academic perceptions were studied for 190 students (grades 3 through 7) learning mathematics in teams. Subjects' teachers also participated. Team outcome was related to achievement and academic perceptions, but not to prior achievement and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Causal Models