Effects of Cooperative Learning Teams on Student Achievement and Race Relations: Treatment by Race Interactions

  • Minority students gain more than non-minority students as a consequence of learning cooperatively.
  • The cooperative treatment was somewhat better for Whites than was the control treatment in terms of achievement gains, but it is much better for Blacks.
  • Cooperative interracial interaction may overcome stereotypes that Whites hold about Blacks, but since Blacks hold fewer stereotypes about Whites, there is less to overcome.
  • Cooperative learning strategies tend to increase the achievement level of all students and they do so more for Blacks than for Whites.