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Adolescent Substance Use, Aggressive Behaviors, and Peer Context Behavioral Norms
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Gommans, Rob; Stevens, Gonneke W. J. M.; Bogt, Tom F. M. ter; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2016
The goal of this study was to examine behavioral norm effects in 2 peer contexts (classroom, school) on adolescent substance use (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis) and aggressive behaviors (bullying, physical fighting). Participants were 5,642 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14.29 years, SD = 1.26; 49% boys). There were 3 hypotheses. First, behavioral…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Aggression, Bullying, Classroom Environment
Cooperative Learning in Vietnam and the West-East Educational Transfer
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Nguyen-Phuong-Mai, Mai; Terlouw, Cees; Pilot, Albert – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2012
Under pressure of the continuing need to modernize, Vietnam is rapidly reforming its education system. Cooperative Learning (CL) with a Western-based model is being enthusiastically applied. This paper suggests that an authentic form of CL has long existed in the foundations of Vietnamese education. The reasons why Western-based CL is encouraged…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education