Title: Cooperative Learning: Applying Contact Theory in Desegregated Schools."
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Publication: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES 41/3 (1985): 45-62.
Authors: Slavin, R. E.
Date: (1985)
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Slavin, R. E. "Cooperative Learning: Applying Contact Theory in Desegregated Schools." JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES 41/3 (1985): 45-62.
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Reviews research on effects of cooperative learning on cross-racial friendships and discusses findings in relation to Gordon Allport's "contact theory," a set of principles detailing when interracial contact leads to improved relationships and when it does not. Cooperative learning has been found to enhance crossracial friendships. (COTTON)*
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