The study buddy is a learning strategy employed in a graduate distance course to promote informal peer reviewing of assignments before submission. This strategy promotes student-student interaction and helps break the social isolation of distance learning. Given the concern by Arum and Roksa (2011) that student-student interaction may be…

Examination of the role of graduate student interaction during the general examination phase of a university doctoral program. The study finds a positive correlation between peer interaction and examination performance which varied across departments and achievement levels. (Author/AP)

This investigation, utilizing behavioral, sociometric, teacher-completed, child self-report, and academic measures, extends previous research (Gottman, 1977) on preschool children's social skills to a sample of school-age children. One hundred and nine third grade children served as subjects. A correlational matrix and a factor analysis were…

An assessment is made of the conflicting claims that either co-operation or competition between pupils facilitates pupil learning. (Author)

A conceptual model of learning environments and the procedures necessary for its investigation are proposed. It is argued that a research agenda involving longitudinal, comparative case-study designs and using field-method techniques is the only method capable of generating a solid base of information on the relationship between structural…

This paper presents a study of the organization of 60 junior school classrooms in Great Britain. The study was conducted to examine changes occurring as a result of the move towards comprehensive secondary education in Britain and as a result of the recommendations of the Plowden Committee for more individualized instruction at the primary level.…

This paper describes a series of experiments which indicate how different reinforcement systems affect cooperative, competitive, and individualized learning structures. Following a brief literature review of prior research, the experiments investigated (1) individual reinforcement for peer tutoring and (2) shared-group reinforcement for peer…