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Sherman, Lawrence W.; Thomas, Mary – 1986
Two high school general mathematics classrooms were differentially taught a unit on percents, one with a cooperative and the other with an individualistic goal structure. A pre-post-test design with a three-way ANOVA analysis of treatment by time within subjects was used. Neither group was found to be significantly different from the other on the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Goal Orientation, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High Schools
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Sheldon, Deborah A. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1994
Reports on a study of 226 high school students to examine the effects of competitive and noncompetitive performance goals on their ratings of band performances. Finds that secondary students approach competitive and noncompetitive music performance goals differently. (CFR)
Descriptors: Competition, Goal Orientation, Group Activities, Group Structure
Seginer, Rachel – 1987
This study examines the effect of one social milieu factor (Israeli kibbutz versus urban lifestyle) on Israeli adolescents' future orientation. Responses of 114 kibbutz and 112 urban adolescents to an open-ended Future Orientation Questionnaire are grouped into nine life domains: school and matriculation, military service, higher education, work…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Career Planning, Community Services