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Peer reviewedHertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
A game was used to assess children's judgments about altruistic, cooperative, or competitive payoff. In a second experiment, small groups were asked to construct new words with the option to work alone or to collaborate. Children who regularly studied in cooperative small groups were more cooperative in both situations. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBejarano, Yael – TESOL Quarterly, 1987
Assessment of the effects of two small-group cooperative techniques and the whole-class method on academic achievement in English as a foreign language for seventh-graders (N=665) revealed that the group methods (Discussion Group and Student Teams and Achievement Divisions) registered significantly greater improvement than the whole-class method.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Mahler, Sophia; And Others – 1983
A study examined both cognitive and activity rhythms of lessons in a variety of disciplines and teaching styles in the medical school curriculum among 20 faculty members at Ben Gurion University, Israel. Studied were changes which occurred in the rhythms following a teacher training program, and interrelationship among rhythms and size of learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Higher Education
