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Peer reviewedJohnson, David W.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
The effects of interpersonal cooperation, competition, and individualistic efforts were compared on math and reading drill-review, story problems, sequencing, triangle identification, and visual sorting according to attributes tasks, using first-grade students. The cooperative group achieved higher scores and found the tasks easier than the…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Competition, Cooperation
Peer reviewedHooper, Simon; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1994
Effects on achievement of generating summaries or analogies while reading a lengthy text were studied for 111 undergraduate students randomly assigned to paired or individual conditions. Posttest results were higher for those who generated summaries, and students scored more highly working alone. Implications are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Correlation, Higher Education
