caa a22 4500 388043768 CHVBK 20180307125030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199811 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1037291100003733 doi S1037291100003733 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1037291100003733 Gillies Robyn M. Graduate School of Education, The University of Queensland The effects of different ability compositions on cooperative group behaviours [Elektronische Daten] [Robyn M. Gillies] This study examined the effects of different ability compositions on students' behaviours in structured cooperative groups. One hundred and sixty, Year 6 children worked on class-based activities in one of four, gender-balanced, mixed-ability groups (high-medium-low; high-medium; medium-low; high-low). The results showed initially that the children in the three-ability level condition (high-medium-low) exhibited significantly more cooperative and helping behaviours than their peers in the two-ability conditions at the first observation period (Week 3). However, by the completion of the study (Week 6), there were no significant differences in the cooperative and helping behaviours of the children in the two-and three-ability level conditions. It appeared that as the children had more opportunities to work together, they became more responsive to each others' needs and demonstrated more cooperative and helping behaviours. Reasons for these results are discussed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998 Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Cambridge University Press 8(1998-11), 39-48 1037-2911 8<39 1998 8 JGC https://doi.org/10.1017/S1037291100003733 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1037291100003733 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gillies Robyn M. Graduate School of Education, The University of Queensland NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Cambridge University Press 8(1998-11), 39-48 1037-2911 8<39 1998 8 JGC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge