During the cooperative learning program, students developed social and group-work skills, with high performers guiding teammates and low performers succeeding with peer help¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q1
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Subclaims¶

q1 i? Structured observation of the program indicated students strengthened existing social behaviors and developed group-work skills, and the authors interpreted the pattern of mutual help as evidencing Vygotsky's zone of proximal development. → Mery Luz Vega; Christian Hederich M 2015

Evidence¶

Mery Luz Vega; Christian Hederich M 2015¶

Mery Luz Vega; Christian Hederich M. (2015). The Impact of a Cooperative Learning Program on the Academic Achievement in Mathematics and Language in Fourth Grade Students and its Relation to Cognitive Style. New Approaches in Educational Research 4(2), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.7821/naer.2015.7.124

q1 · i? · causal · r2

Authors' observational report (type e) of the 35-session program: students were receptive, strengthened skills such as helping partners and listening to teammates, and developed new group-work skills like giving instructions and motivating the group. The authors link this to the "zone of proximal development".

"Participants with low performance benefitted as well, because they had th eir classmate's help and also because they had the chance to be successful in activities and evaluations, achievements that would have been impossible without help."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it
• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

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