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Visible Learning MetaX™
Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Cooperative vs. individualistic learning

Overview

  • Influence: Cooperative vs. individualistic learning
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Comparing cooperative learning with individualistic learning.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 5
  • Number of studies: 959
  • Number of students: 37,422
  • Number of effects: 906
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.62
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Book Johnson & Johnson USA Learning together and alone: Cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning 1987 Cooperative vs. individualistic 453 0 70 0.68
Dissertation Hall USA The effects of cooperative learning on achievement: a meta-analysis 1988 Cooperative vs. individualistic 15 0 77 0.26
Report Johnson, Johnson, & Stanne USA Cooperative learning methods: A meta-analysis. 2000 Cooperative vs. individualistic 158 0 82 0.88
Conference paper Roseth, Fang, Johnson, & Johnson USA Effects of Cooperative Learning on Middle School Students: A Meta-Analysis 2006 Cooperative vs. individualistic in middle school 148 0 55 0.55
Dissertation Hilk USA Effects of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning structures on college student achievement and peer relationships: a series of meta-analyses. 2013 Cooperative vs. individualistic using university students 185 37,422 622 0.36
TOTAL/AVERAGE 959 37,422 906 0.55
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