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Structuring Academic Conflicts between Majority and Minority Students: Hindrance or Help to Integration.
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Johnson, David W.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1984
The effects of structured academic conflict, controversy, and debate were compared with individual study. Results indicated controversy promoted the most cross-ethnic verbal rehearsal and exchange of assigned material, concern that all students master assignments, active search for information, highest self-esteem, and accepting and supportive…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Competition, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cooperation
Controversy versus Concurrence Seeking in Multi-Grade and Single-Grade Learning Groups.
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Johnson, David W.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1985
The effects of controversy and concurrence seeking and participation in age-homogeneous and age-heterogeneous cooperative learning groups were compared on achievement, achievement motivation, perspective-taking accuracy, and interpersonal attraction. In addition, the interaction among students (N=112 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders) within the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cooperation