Emergent Leadership in Children's Cooperative Problem Solving Groups. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sun, Jingjng; Anderson, Richard C.; Perry, Michelle; Lin, Tzu-Jung
• Is Part Of: Cognition and instruction. Volume 35:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 212
• Page End: 235
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: Learning -- Periodicals; Cognition in children -- Periodicals; 370.15205
• DOI: 10.1080/07370008.2017.1313615
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0737-0008

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Social skills involved in leadership were examined in a problem-solving activity in which 252 Chinese 5th-graders worked in small groups on a spatial-reasoning puzzle. Results showed that students who engaged in peer-managed small-group discussions of stories prior to problem solving produced significantly better solutions and initiated significantly more effective leadership than control students. A mediation analysis suggested that it was because of effective leadership that groups who had experienced discussions achieved better problem solutions.