Cooperative interventions vary in competition and require staff pretraining

Evidence

In some cooperative learning techniques the small cooperative groups compete with each other, whereas in other cooperative learning techniques they do not. Cooperative techniques typically include pretraining of students – practice in cooperative techniques and team-building – as well training of teachers in their new roles as group facilitators. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2659

Categorization

• XREF: The between-group competition design point matters for evaluating which cooperative format drives the intergroup gains. — connects to: Participant preparation is a prerequisite for depolarization interventions to work — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 36