Cooperative learning forces interdependence by making individual success depend on group success.

Evidence

Cooperative learning usually consists of placing students in small learning groups in which the task and reward structure require face-to-face interaction in a situation in which students are interdependent. That is, the students can only reach their individual goals through the success of the group. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2658

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the mechanism that makes cooperative learning a vehicle for intergroup contact.
• XREF: connects to: Individual capabilities are often only realized within groups — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 156; Classroom success depends on collective community, not individual learning or teacher control — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 314