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Download full textTjosvold, Dean; Johnson, David W. – 1978
Forty-five undergraduates discussed a moral issue with a confederate who had the same opinion (no controversy) or opposite opinion (controversy). Subjects in the controversy conditions discussed within either a cooperative or a competitive context. Subjects in the controversy conditions indicated more conceptual conflict or uncertainty, engaged in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conflict, Group Discussion, Moral Development
Peer reviewedTjosvold, Dean; Johnson, David W. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
Undergraduates discussed a moral issue with a confederate who had the same opinion (no controversy) or opposite opinion (controversy) within either a cooperative or a competitive context. Subjects in the controversy conditions indicated more conceptual conflict, engaged in more information seeking, and were more accurate in taking the cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Competition, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation
Effects of Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Learning Experiences on Social Development.
Peer reviewedJohnson, Roger T.; Johnson, David W. – Exceptional Children, 1983
Results indicated that cooperative learning experiences, compared with competitive and individualistic ones, promoted more interpersonal attraction between 12 learning disabled and behavior problem fourth graders and 47 nonhandicapped peers and promoted higher self-esteem for all students. Cooperation promoted greater perspective-taking ability…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Competition, Cooperation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedTjosvold, Dean; Johnson, David W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Thirty undergraduate students discussed a moral issue with a confederate who held either the same or the opposing opinion. Subjects in the controversy condition indicated more accurate understanding of the confederate's reasoning than their counterparts; however, noncontroversy subjects erroneously believed they understood the confederate's…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict
Peer reviewedJohnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Research indicates that classroom controversy facilitates student problem solving, creativity, perspective taking, epistemic curiosity, conceptual conflict, and transition in stages of cognitive and moral reasoning. Thus, creating controversy is an important teaching strategy for increasing learning and intellectual development. Conditions…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict
