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THE STIMULATION OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CO‐OPERATIVE TASK PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
VALIANT GAYLE,
GLACHAN M.,
EMLER N.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1982.tb02515.x
Subject(s) - psychology , task (project management) , cognition , developmental psychology , cognitive development , social relation , cognitive psychology , social psychology , management , neuroscience , economics
S ummary . Seventy‐eight children, identified as pre‐operational with respect to multiple classification skills and understanding of left‐right relations, were provided with one of three forms of training. Two of these involved children working in pairs on classification problems (collective conditions), the difference between the two conditions being where each child stood in relation to the other and to the task. In the third form of training, children attempted the same problems but worked alone (individual condition). During post‐tests, children trained in Collective conditions progressed significantly more than those trained in the Individual condition with respect to both multiple classification skills and conceptions of left‐right relations. Results are discussed in terms of the role of social interaction in cognitive development.