Biracial Learning Teams and Race Relations in the Classroom: Four Field Experiments on Teams-Games-Tournament.

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Class Activities; Classroom Desegregation; Cross Cultural Training; Desegregation Methods; Educational Games; Field Studies; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Racial Relations; School Desegregation; Secondary Schools

While many school systems are desegregating by altering the racial composition of their schools, fear, mistrust, and a lack of understanding characterize interactions among many students of different racial backgrounds. Recent research suggests that multi-racial cooperative student teams represent one way of improving race relations. The results of four field experiments with one classroom team structure, Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT), in racially integrated classrooms are reviewed. A consistent pattern of positive impact of TGT on both the number and percentage of cross-race relations is noted. The results provide additional support for the use of student teams to increase racial integration in classrooms. (Author)

1978

ED143342