Social Interdependence and Heedful Interrelating Within Cooperative Groups

• In Event: 49.058 - New Developments in Cooperative Learning

Abstract

Social interdependence and heedful interrelating are theories that explain the processes occurring within collaborative groups. This study is to examine the relationship between social interdependency and heedful interrelating and their capacity to predict learning-related outcomes within collaborative groups. Data was collected using an experimental design with one between-subject factor, condition of social interdependence. Participants totaled 153 with each conditions contained 51 participants. Due to the nest nature of some of the data, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) and hierarchical linear regressions were used. Heedful interrelating was significantly predictive of learning related outcomes while condition membership was not. As heedful interrelating increased, group and individual performance, task value, situational interest, and perceptions of performance also increased. Implications of results are discussed.

Authors

• Sarah Rebecca Daniel, Shenandoah University

• Erika Alisha Patall, The University of Texas - Austin