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- Title
COMPARING OUTCOMES FROM DIFFERENTIAL COOPERATIVE AND INDIVIDUALISTIC LEARNING METHODS.
- Authors
Ellison, Constance M.; Boykin, A. Wade
- Abstract
Performance and learning process factors were determined as a function of different cooperative and individualistic learning techniques. Ninety-six African-American college women completed a 40-item vocabulary lest of unfamiliar words and then were randomly assigned 10 one of Tour 30-minute word-study conditions. These tour conditions were either a cooperative or individualistic study arrangement coupled with a performance-contingent competitive or criterion (i.e. based on an absolute performance standard) incentive. Performance on an alternative form of the vocabulary test, and measure of study attitudes, perceived ability, and time on study task were then assessed. Second test performance was greater following cooperative than individualistic learning. This was principally due to the difference between these conditions when they were paired with competitive incentives. Cooperative learning also led to more positive attitudes towards the learning experience, greater perceived ability and more lime on study task. The generalizability of cooperative learning effects are discussed as is the effectiveness of the approach with African-American students.
- Subjects
ADULT learning; VOCABULARY tests; GROUP work in education; INDIVIDUALIZED education programs; ACADEMIC achievement; AFRICAN American students; WOMEN college students
- Publication
Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal, 1994, Vol 22, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
0301-2212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2224/sbp.1994.22.1.91