ERIC ED422088: Improving Cooperative Behavior through the pdf

ERIC ED422088: Improving Cooperative Behavior through the

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This action research project implemented and evaluated a program for improving social skills in order to increase cooperative behavior among elementary school students. The targeted students were from a fourth- and a sixth-grade classroom in a middle-class suburban community. The lack of social skills development interfered with positive interaction among peers in the classroom, as documented by means of teacher observation, teacher checklists and student surveys. Probable cause data was analyzed, revealing that students lacked a traditional family setting in which there was little parent-student bonding. The data also revealed a significant negative influence of television role models. Solution strategies were analyzed, and two intervention strategies were chosen and implemented: prosocial signs and sayings to promote values, and strategies for teaching social skills to increase the positive behavior and prosocial classroom environment. Post-intervention data indicated an increase in cooperative behavior. Positive interaction among peers was increased by improved social skill development.

(Contains 25 references, a teacher checklist, and a copy of the student survey.) (JPB

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1998-05
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, ERIC, Schlender, Angie Wolf, Lisa Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence, Prosocial Behavior, Social Attitudes, Student Attitudes

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