How does cooperative learning help students today?

How does cooperative learning help students today?

Articles

Dotson, J. M. (2001). Cooperative learning structures can increase student achievement.

Ghorbani, M. R., & Nezamoshari'e, M. (2012). Cooperative Learning Boosts EFL Students' Grammar Achievement.

Yamarik, S. (2007). Does cooperative learning improve student learning outcomes?.

Wyatt, T. H., Krauskopf, P. B., Gaylord, N. M., Ward, A., Huffstutler-Hawkins, S., & Goodwin, L. (2010). Cooperative m-learning with nurse practitioner students.

Hwang, A., & Arbaugh, J. B. (2009). Seeking feedback in blended learning: competitive versus cooperative student attitudes and their links to learning outcome.

Summary 1

The article talks about the use of Spencer Kagan's Structure of Cooperative Learning with students who did participate and did not. The study wanted to measure the effectiveness of Spencer Kagan's cooperative learning structures as a way to achieve in the classroom in comparison to the conventional methods. The outcome of the study was steady with the one that had been done earlier. The study had a sample of a broad range of disabled people in order to get a diverse result.

The purpose of having students with disabilities in a comprehensive setting in order to encourage acceptance and raise social interaction. Kagan's structure and other similar learning methods deal with this issue was they have an intrinsic way of grouping student heterogeneously. The students with the disabilities stated that they were more relaxed working with their fellow students than working on their own.

The cooperative learning program is such that it removes the need to prepare different programs for diverse students as one lesson can be used for all the students. The study was restricted by the shortage of time, as there are different numbers of students for a certain class. The teacher that was used for this study was experienced and had a setting of cooperative learning. The study has an element of teacher having the background of the subject which is acknowledged in the literature.

The study can be done in future on a wider area and the use of this method in the long run. The study was only focused on the 6th grade social studies and has been deemed to be successful in the other disciplines as well. The future studies can further support the success of this method.

Summary 2

The research suggests that the Cooperative Learning method, which is closely linked to Community Language Learning, can be a fine substitute for the prevalent Grammar Translation Method in Asia. The region is said to have a profile of learners that are individualistic, passive and lack the ability to develop their own knowledge. The study is based on a sample of 64 freshmen female students in north-east Iran.

The sample was categorized into two groups of students with one being the Cooperative Learning (Experimental Group) one and the other being the control group. The results showed that the Cooperative learning group proved to be better than the control group. The reasons for this were the Vygostsky's Zone of Proximal ...