AbstractCooperative and competitive strategies are applied in a variety of instructional activities from higher education. Cooperation and competition require different sets of values that may be acquired of students in their learning experiences and academic practices. The purpose of this study aims to identify the significant student's work values for cooperative and competitive academic activity. Also, it examined the relationship between cooperative and competitive values and self-construal, and tested the differences between independent and interdependent self-construals in values’ appreciation. The results are discussed from the perspective of the implications of cooperative and competitive instructional activities for personality traits and personal values.