摘要：This study was aimed to at examining whether the effects of cooperative learning on children’s social competence and self-esteem would be different in terms of young children’s intellectual ability. To this end,a total of 64 five-year-old children attending two kindergartens in Kyunggi-Do were selected to participated in this study. Each child was tested on the short form of K-WPPSI and fell into one of two levels (high or low). The children in the experimental group took part in thirty-five 30-40 minute sessions of cooperative learning,while the control group engaged in individual learning. The results were as follows : First,children who participated in cooperative learning achieved higher improvements in social competence and self-esteem than children engaged solely in individual learning. Second,there were no any significant differences in improvement in terms of social competence and self-esteem between the high and the low intelligence levels. On the basis of these results,it could be concluded that cooperative learning had a number positive effects upon the levels of young children’s social competence and self-esteem.
