title: The impact of size of cooperative group on achievement, social support, and self-esteem.
abstract: The effect of cooperative learning in pairs and groups of 4 and in individualistic learning were compared on achievement, social support, and self-esteem. Sixty-two Italian 7th-grade students with no previous experience with cooperative learning were assigned to conditions on a stratified random basis controlling for ability, gender, and self-esteem. Students participated in 1 instructional unit for 90 min for 6 instructional days during a period of about 6 weeks. The results indicate that cooperative learning in pairs and 4s promoted higher achievement and greater academic support from peers than did individualistic learning. Students working in pairs developed a higher level of social self-esteem than did students learning in the other conditions.
authors: University of Cagliari.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Bertucci
authors: Stella
authors: S
authors: Conte
authors: David W
authors: DW
authors: Johnson
authors: Roger T
authors: RT
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support