Influence of cooperative learning structuring on relationships between boys and girls in physical education

The present study examines the effect of the cooperative learning structuring on perceptive and behavioural biases in favour of boys in basketball. One hundred students from four fifth grade classes practised basketball during eight lessons. Two classes practised in a cooperative learning structure based on the interdependence of results whereas the two others participated in a cooperative learning structure based on results and means interdependence. Perceptive and behavioural biases were measured at the first and last lesson. The results show that the type of cooperative structure influence the relationships between girls and boys.