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The Impact of Cooperative Learning Experiences on Cross‐Ethnic Relations and Attitudes
Author(s) -
Weigel Russell H.,
Wiser Patricia L.,
Cook Stuart W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00754.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , friendship , white (mutation) , social psychology , interdependence , psychology , sociology , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , anthropology , gene
A field experiment examined the effects of cooperative interethnic contact on ethnic relations and attitudes in the setting of newly desegregated junior and senior high schools. Cooperative interethnic contact was induced in the experimental classrooms by means of a teaching method which emphasized the use of small interdependent student work groups composed of white, black, and Mexican‐American students. Results indicated that the interethnic group method received a favorable endorsement from the teachers, produced substantially more cross‐ethnic helping behavior, promoted greater relative respect and liking for Mexican‐American classmates among white students, and elicited more frequent friendship choices for Mexican‐Americans by whites.