Cooperative Learning
Problems addressed
Low social–emotional competences
Low educational/academic performance
Internalizing behaviors/problems
Alcohol abuse
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
United States
Description

This is a group teaching approach used in school environments for adolescents who are vulnerable to collective pressure. The aim is to interrupt groupings between adolescents with delinquent tendencies and to promote educational activities and positive social skills training that lead to safe relationships.
The program is implemented by the teacher and follows five components:
1) Positive interdependence;
2) Individual accountability;
3) Mentoring in collaborative skills;
4) High levels of face-to-face interaction; and
5) Group process evaluation.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed that the students participating in the research had a statistically significant reduction in their willingness to use alcohol, fewer deviant peer affiliations, lower perceived stress and emotional problems, and greater academic engagement, compared to the students in the control group, who did not receive the intervention [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] van Ryzin, M. J. & Roseth, C. J. (2018). Peer influence processes as mediators of effects of a middle school substance use prevention program. Addictive Behaviors, 85, 180–185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.06.016

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