Table 2.

Alphas, means, standard deviations and bivariate correlations of the observed variables in students across all school stages (below) and those undertaking baccalaureate study (above).

Variables	Cooperative Learning						Emotional Intelligence
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
α	0.73	0.74	0.73	0.75	0.79	0.85	0.84	0.83	0.82
M	2.92	3.25	3.87	3.96	4.29	3.66	3.97	3.34	3.52
SD	0.79	0.83	0.71	0.72	0.69	0.60	0.63	0.69	0.66
1. Interpersonal skills	-	0.753 **	0.515 **	0.592 **	0.414 **	0.829 **	0.117	0.155 *	0.233 **
2. Group processing	0.712 **	-	0.561 **	0.661 **	0.459 **	0.869 **	0.145 *	0.079	0.214 **
3. Positive interdependence	0.490 **	0.515 **	-	0.573 **	0.532 **	0.784 **	0.175 *	0.092	0.268 **
4. Promotive interaction	0.476 **	0.532 **	0.571 **	-	0.499 **	0.826 **	0.246 **	0.124	0.295 **
5. Individual accountability	0.347 **	0.373 **	0.546 **	0.529 **	-	0.704 **	0.266 **	0.135	0.244 **
6. Global cooperation factor	0.804 **	0.826 **	0.787 **	0.783 **	0.690 **	-	0.230 **	0.145 *	0.310 **
7. Emotional recognition	0.295 **	0.308 **	0.337 **	0.341 **	0.381 **	0.421 **	-	0.350 **	0.326 **
8. Emotional control regulation	0.395 **	0.374 **	0.283 **	0.321 **	0.244 *	0.421 **	0.468 **	-	0.294 **
9. Emotional empathy	0.340 **	0.342 **	0.315 **	0.329 **	0.278 **	0.413 **	0.424 **	0.439 **	-
α	0.74	0.76	0.74	0.77	0.80	0.86	0.85	0.82	0.83
M	3.43	3.59	3.99	4.03	4.32	3.87	4.05	3.62	3.60
SD	0.89	0.85	0.71	0.71	0.69	0.60	0.64	0.71	0.70

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.