The Jigsaw classroom under test: No effect on intergroup relations evident

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 403-419

  Bratt, Christopher ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Cooperative groups; Intergroup contact; Prejudice; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249123347     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.946     Document Type: Article

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