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Direct linkMcClelland, Giles Peter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
This study explores whether randomly assigning group membership enhances the student learning experience. The paper starts with a critical analysis of the approaches to student learning within higher education and how these approaches conflict with findings from applied psychology on group behaviour. The study adopts a serendipitous qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Conflict, Program Effectiveness
MacQuarrie, Sarah; Howe, Christine; Boyle, James – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
Studies of primary education within the UK have shown that small groups can feature within classrooms; however, equivalent research within secondary education remains scarce. Research has established effective group work approaches, yet secondary teachers may encounter difficulties employing approaches tied to parameters embedded within primary…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Observation, Classroom Environment
Tsai, Chia-Wen – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The author redesigned a course titled "Applied Information Technology: Networking" and applied online collaborative learning (CL) with initiation and self-regulated learning (SRL) to improve students' involvement in this course in an environment that is full of free online games, shopping websites, and social networking…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Technology, Information Technology
Download full textNunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2018, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 17-19 July, 2018. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2018, 17-20 July, which had a total of 617 submissions.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Online Courses, Educational Environment
Vasileiadou, Marina – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2009
This paper is based on a project which examined the effect that cooperative learning activities may have on the acceptance of marginalized children in pre-primary school. The small-scale project was undertaken at a public, pre-primary school in Cyprus using sociometric measures and observations, pre and post the implementation of some cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Teaching Methods
Freidus, Helen; Baker, Carole; Feldman, Susan; Hirsch, Jessica; Stern, Laurie; Sayres, Brianna; Sgouros, Charissa; Wiles-Kettenmann, Marilyn – Studying Teacher Education, 2009
This research documents the ways in which a self-generated, self-directed, self-study group of teachers can serve as an effective model of professional development. Data suggest that the Alumnae Group began with a shared desire to communicate. Over time, members developed a shared language that was concrete, precise and coherent. This shared…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Cooperative Learning, Teacher Collaboration, Models
Roofe, Nina L. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2009
Leadership development, diversity, and collaboration are hallmarks of collaborative learning. The creation of learning communities requires everyone involved--students, faculty, and administration--to change how they think about teaching and learning. Everyone must value and work in an interdisciplinary manner and communicate effectively for these…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Communities of Practice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Unified Studies Curriculum
Dalsgaard, Christian; Paulsen, Morten Flate – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
The purpose of this article is to discuss the following question: What is the potential of social networking within cooperative online education? Social networking does not necessarily involve communication, dialogue, or collaboration. Instead, the authors argue that "transparency" is a unique feature of social networking services.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Cooperative Learning, Social Networks
Furberg, Anniken; Arnseth, Hans Christian – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
In the learning sciences, students' understanding of scientific concepts has often been approached in terms of "conceptual change". These studies are grounded in a cognitive or a socio-cognitive approach to students' understanding and imply a focus on the individuals' mental representations of scientific concepts and ideas. We approach students'…
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Learning Activities, Cooperative Learning, Genetics
Veyrunes, Philippe; Gal-Petitfaux, Nathalie; Durand, Marc – Research Papers in Education, 2009
This article presents and uses the notion of configuration of activity, which extends the Norbert Elias's original concept of social configuration based on the study and analysis of individual and collective activity. Although this concept embraces all types of social activities, in the present study the authors used it to describe and analyse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Mathematics Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Asunka, Stephen – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2011
In the present knowledge economy, individuals, particularly working adults, need to continuously acquire purposeful knowledge and skills so they can better contribute towards addressing society's ever-changing developmental challenges. In the developing world however, few opportunities exist for working adults to acquire such new learning…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Cooperative Learning, Nonformal Education, Developing Nations
Ismail, Hamidah Mohd; Majid, Faizah Abd – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2011
One of the main issues often discussed among academics is how to encourage active participation by students during classroom discussions. This applies particularly to students at the tertiary level who are expected to possess creative and critical thinking skills. Hence, this paper reports on a study that examined how these skills were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Morsink, Paul M.; Hagerman, Michelle Schira; Heintz, Anne; Boyer, D. Matthew; Harris, Robin; Kereluik, Kristen; Hartman, Douglas K.; Wood, Anne; White, Amber; Woodruff, Carmen; Anderson, Tracey; Goldstein, Shelly; Hamm, Beth; Lewis, Cindy; Lewis, Paul; Mitchell, Cindy; Murphy, Jill; Rogers, Lyn; Sherrieb, Anne; Siegler, Tammy; Withey, Kevin – Journal of Education, 2011
This study examined the initial learning trajectories of 13 upper elementary teachers as they developed technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge during a 7-month professional development program to integrate technology into classroom practice. The program was collaborative and non-prescriptive; teachers worked on self-chosen summer…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Technological Literacy, Teacher Competencies, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Gok, Tolga – European Journal of Physics Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was not only to report the development process of the studio model, but also to determine the students' perceptions about the studio model. This model retains the large lecture component but combines recitation and laboratory instruction into studio model. This research was based on qualitative analysis. The data of the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Student Attitudes, Models
Mizuno, Masao – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study is to investigate how cooperative learning approach supports teachers to design an effective teaching for promoting the students learning to construct knowledge in practice. Quantitative and qualitative research methods such as surveys and case studies were employed for data collection. A High School which challenges face…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Education, Cooperative Learning
