Pressure to cooperate: Is positive reward interdependence really needed in cooperative learning?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-146

  Buchs, Céline ^a   Gilles, Ingrid ^b   Dutrévis, Marion ^a   Butera, Fabrizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; REWARD; SOCIAL FACILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952508739     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X504799     Document Type: Article

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