The impact of a cooperative learning experience on pupils' popularity, non-cooperativeness, and interethnic bias in multiethnic elementary schools

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Oortwijn, Michiel Bastiaan ^a   Boekaerts, Monique ^a   Vedder, Paul ^a   Fortuin, Janna ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative learning experience; Interethnic bias; Multiethnic elementary schools; Perceived non cooperativeness; Popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849135594     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701491916     Document Type: Article

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