Social Interdependence

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This paper discusses how the article attempts to evaluate the importance of positive forms of social interdependence in such psychological factors as building student self-esteem and in creating more effective educational environments for students through the medium of cooperative learning. It explains how the article defines the concept of social interdependence. It also shows how, theoretically, social interdependence functions within positive and negative fashions, how it may be quantitatively measured in terms of the alliances individuals feel towards different social groups, for example, why it is an important concept for social scientists and educators, and how it may be deployed in cooperative learning situations.

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"Organizationally, for a theoretical paper the use of definition, statistics, and then specifics is admirable. However, the problem with the writing style is that the authors Stanne, Johnson and Johnson are (1999) are so theoretical in their approach as to what is essentially a humanistic concept, that of social relationships and interdependence, that the text is excessively dry and difficult to apply to the lived reality of human, functional existence in a way that might be useful to educators in, for instance, creating lesson plans. Most educators already make use of some form of "working in groups" how does one deploy this in a fashion to encourage social interdependence?. In other words, some more detailed anecdotal examples of the functions of social interdependence would have been helpful, particularly earlier in the paper, when the concept is being defined."

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