Examining classroom learning preferences among elementary school students

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Constance M. Ellison
A. Wade Boykin
Kenneth M. Tyler
Monica L. Dillihunt
Cite this article:  Ellison, C., Boykin, A., Tyler, K., & Dillihunt, M. (2005). Examining classroom learning preferences among elementary school students. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 33(7), 699-708.


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The aim in this study was to further determine the classroom learning preferences of elementary school students. A measure of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning preferences (The Social Interdependence Scales; Johnson, & Norem-Hebeisen, 1979), was administered to 138 5th and 6th graders (66 African American and 72 White) attending a school in a low-income community. Results indicated that overall, participants preferred cooperative learning to competitive and individualistic learning. However, African American students reported significantly higher preferences for cooperative learning than did their White counterparts, while the reverse was true for individualistic and competitive learning. Implications and relevance for classroom practices are discussed. It is also argued that future researchers should include repeated testing of learning preferences and expansion of the work across a wide age range.

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