Positive Interdependence Academic and Collaborative-Skills Group Contingencies, and Isolated Students.

Lew, Marvin; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ351739

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Publication Date: 1986

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Positive Interdependence Academic and Collaborative-Skills Group Contingencies, and Isolated Students.

Lew, Marvin; And Others

American Educational Research Journal, v23 n3 p476-88 Fall 1986

The effects of (1) opportunity to interact with classmates; (2) positive goal interdependence; (3) positive goal and reward interdependence; and (4) positive goal and reward interdependence with an added contingency for the use of collaborative skills were investigated. Results indicate that positive goal and reward interdependence are needed to maximize student achievement. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cooperation, Goal Orientation, Grade 6, Group Dynamics, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Withdrawal (Psychology)

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Language: English

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