Answer these questions to earn one CE hour after reading:

Individual and Group Contingencies in Cooperative Learning at the Collegiate Level

Erin Carroll & Robert Williams

BAT 8.3 pp. 298-306 click here to access article

1.) Identify and describe the three major types of group contingencies.

2.) What conclusions were made regarding group contingencies from the Carroll, Williams, and Hautau (2006) study?

3.) What was the most effective type of group contingency found in the Carroll (2006) study?

4.) What was the purpose of the study reported in this article?

5.) What was the dependent variable and criterion performance used to measure effects of group contingencies in this study?

6.) Describe the contingencies in effect for the experimental groups.

7.) Which level of performers showed greatest improvement, and which contingency produced the best performance?

8.) Which type of contingency resulted in greatest change in the dependent variable for average performers and high performers, respectively?

9.) What type of contingency do the authors conclude overall in result optimal performance (percentage of credits earned) based on the contingencies studied?

10.) To what other problems and settings might such cooperative group contingencies

be applied that may have beneficial impact on behaviors of concern?