Performance of Cooperative Learning Groups in a Postgraduate Education Research Methodology Course: The Role of Social Interdependence

Autor/inn/en	Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Jiao, Qun G.
Titel	Performance of Cooperative Learning Groups in a Postgraduate Education Research Methodology Course: The Role of Social Interdependence
Quelle	In: Active Learning in Higher Education, 10 (2009) 3, S.265-277 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-7874
DOI	10.1177/1469787409343190
Schlagwörter	Individualism; Research Methodology; Cooperative Learning; Active Learning; Teaching Methods; Multiple Regression Analysis; Accountability; Statistical Analysis; Academic Achievement; Effect Size + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individualismus; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Kooperatives Lernen; Aktives Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Verantwortung; Statistische Analyse; Schulleistung
Abstract	This study investigated the degree that social interdependence predicted the achievement of 26 cooperative learning groups. Social interdependence was assessed in terms of postgraduate students' individual orientation (that is, cooperative, competitive, and individualistic). Participants were 84 postgraduate students enrolled in an introductory-level education research methodology course. An all possible subsets multiple regression was used to identify a combination of social interdependence variables that predict achievement. Results indicate that postgraduate students' levels of individualism predict achievement in a research methodology course. Specifically, groups consisting of students with the greatest individualistic orientation tend to produce the article critiques receiving a high evaluation, regardless of how heterogeneous the group is with respect to levels of individualism. This finding adds validity to the theories of active and cooperative learning and to the incremental support towards using cooperative learning groups to promote postgraduate students' active learning in research methodology courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10