1985/09/01 by David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Lee A. Buckman +1 · 2 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Impact of Technology on Adolescents #Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods #Parental Involvement in Education
paper · doi:10.1080/00223980.1985.10542911
openalex publication_date 1985/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This study was conducted to determine whether cooperative learning experiences are related to social support in the classroom. The relationship between cooperative learning and social support, the impact of prolonged implementation of cooperative learning on social support, and the effect of different frequency of cooperative learning experiences on social support in the classroom were investigated. An instrument measuring social support was administered in November and in January to 91 eighth-grade students from a suburban school district in the Midwest. The results indicate that cooperative learning was highly related to social support within the classroom and that the longer and more frequently students engaged in cooperative learning, the greater the social support within the classroom.