Author Question: Many researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of cooperative learning techniques. Researchers ... (Read 53 times)

dollx · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Many researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of cooperative learning techniques. Researchers such as Gaertner and his colleagues (1990) believe that one reason why such techniques work is that small,

cooperative learning groups
a. break down in-group and out-group categories into a perception of a single group.
b. are more likely to follow egalitarian norms.
c. provide for contact between members of different racial and ethnic groups.
d. are more pleasant and thus reduce academic frustration.

Question 2

In the jigsaw classroom technique,

a. children work on jigsaw puzzles to foster cooperative interdependence.
b. lessons are structured so students' only access to most of the information they will be tested on is from other students.
c. lessons are structured so each student works at his or her own pace and can feel a sense of mastery.
d. lessons are structured so that groups compete for small prizes to create incentives for learning.