Effects of Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Learning Experiences on Social Development
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Children
- Vol. 49 (4) , 323-329
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001440298304900405
Abstract
A comparison was made of the effects of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning experiences on relationships between handicapped and nonhandicapped students and their self-esteem and perspective-taking ability. Fifty-nine students were assigned to conditions on a stratified random basis controlling for handicap, ability, and sex. Students participated in two instructional units for 60 minutes a day for 15 instructional days. Behavioral measures were taken for cross-handicap interaction during instruction and during daily free-time periods. The results indicate that cooperative learning experiences, compared with competitive and individualistic ones, promote more interpersonal attraction between handicapped and nonhandicapped students and promote higher self-esteem on the part of all students. Cooperation promoted greater perspective-taking ability than did competition.Keywords
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