Author Question: The jigsaw classroom, originally designed to reduce racial tensions in newly desegregated school ... (Read 182 times)

kwoodring · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

The jigsaw classroom, originally designed to reduce racial tensions in newly desegregated school districts in the 1970s, demonstrates ____.

a. the effectiveness of cooperation in reducing prejudice
b. that working independently, but side by side, eliminates prejudice
c. the role of in-group thinking in reducing prejudice
d. that prejudice in the classroom no longer exists

Question 2

Which of the following is likely to be most effective in reducing prejudice among two groups?

a. increased contact of any kind between the groups
b. increased contact between people of varying socioeconomic standing between the groups
c. reduced contact between the groups
d. increased contact between people of similar social standing in the groups