TY - JOUR
T1 - Helping behaviour during cooperative learning and learning gains
T2 - The role of the teacher and of pupils' prior knowledge and ethnic background
AU - Oortwijn, Michiel B.
AU - Boekaerts, Monique
AU - Vedder, Paul
AU - Strijbos, J.W.
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - Is helping behaviour (i.e., solicited help and peer tutoring) during cooperative learning (CL) related to subsequent learning gains? And can teachers influence pupils' helping behaviour? One hundred and one 5th grade pupils from multiethnic schools, 10-12 years old, participated in the study. Forty-two pupils (31 immigrant pupils) worked in an experimental condition, characterized by the stimulation of solicited high quality help and 59 (24 immigrant pupils) worked in a control condition. It was found that learning gains were predicted positively by pupils' unsolicited helping behaviour (i.e., peer tutoring) and negatively by solicited help. Furthermore, teachers were able to affect pupils' low quality solicited help only. Lastly, immigrant pupils used less helping behaviour than local pupils, irrespective of CL setting. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Is helping behaviour (i.e., solicited help and peer tutoring) during cooperative learning (CL) related to subsequent learning gains? And can teachers influence pupils' helping behaviour? One hundred and one 5th grade pupils from multiethnic schools, 10-12 years old, participated in the study. Forty-two pupils (31 immigrant pupils) worked in an experimental condition, characterized by the stimulation of solicited high quality help and 59 (24 immigrant pupils) worked in a control condition. It was found that learning gains were predicted positively by pupils' unsolicited helping behaviour (i.e., peer tutoring) and negatively by solicited help. Furthermore, teachers were able to affect pupils' low quality solicited help only. Lastly, immigrant pupils used less helping behaviour than local pupils, irrespective of CL setting. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - helping behaviour
KW - mathematical ability
KW - ethnicity
KW - cooperative learning
U2 - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.01.014
DO - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.01.014
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-4752
VL - 18
SP - 146
EP - 159
JO - Learning and Instruction
JF - Learning and Instruction
IS - 2
ER -