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Download full textDeVries, David L.; And Others – 1974
This study examined the effects of a unique form of team competition involving competition among individuals and teams on a variety of classroom group processes. A 3 x 2 (treatment x teacher) design was employed using intact high school social studies classes over a 12-week period. When compared to individual competitions, the team competition…
Descriptors: Activities, Class Activities, Group Behavior, High Schools
DeVries, David L.; Edwards, Keith J. – 1974
Cooperation among students is an instructional technique often cited as a constructive alternative to that used typically, namely interstudent competition. What is missing in the cooperation-competition literature is a clear explanation of why the two techniques should result in differential levels of student motivation. Expectancy theory is used…
Descriptors: Expectation, Instructional Innovation, Mediation Theory, Motivation
DeVries, David L.; Edwards, Keith J. – 1972
This study examines the effects of using a learning game "Equations," student teams, and the game-teams combination on classroom process variables in seventh grade math classes. Using the game created greater student peer tutoring, less perceived difficulty, and greater satisfaction with the class. Using student teams resulted in greater student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Games, Learning Activities, Peer Groups
DeVries, David L.; Mescon, Ida T. – 1975
The research literature surrounding TGT, an instructional technique employing team competition, indicates that the technique facilitates social processes and academic achievement in the junior high school classroom. The present study extends the test of TGT by employing the technique in third grade classes, teaching basic language arts skills for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDeVries, David L.; Edwards, Keith J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
The effects of Teams-Games-Tournament (TG T), an instructional game employing biracial learning teams, on cross-racial friendships in integrated classes was examined in four experiments involving 558 students in grades 7-12. Sociometric measures and chi-square analyses indicated that TGT was an effective means of increasing cross-racial friendship…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Desegregation, Desegregation Effects, Educational Games
PDF pending restorationDeVries, David L.; Slavin, Robert E. – 1976
This report describes a series of ten research experiments over a four-year period on the Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) instructional process. Chapter I explores reward and task structures used in traditional classrooms, examining their benefits and liabilities, and concludes by proposing alternatives that might provide students with more…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Educational Experience, Educational Games
Hulten, Burma H.; DeVries, David L. – 1976
To determine the relative contribution of team competition and peer group practice sessions to the effectiveness of a classroom instructional technique, Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT), 299 seventh grade mathematics students participated in an experiment varying reward system (team vs. individual competition) with practice mode (group vs.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Class Activities, Competition
