Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Cooperative Learning Dimensions Based on Higher Education Students’ Perceptions

Dolors Cañabate, Maria Luisa Garcia-Romeu, Anna Menció, Lluís Nogué, Marta Planas and Joan Solé-Pla
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Dolors Cañabate: Grup de Recerca en Educació, Patrimoni i Arts Intermèdia (GREPAI), Department of Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain
Maria Luisa Garcia-Romeu: Teaching Innovation Network on Cooperative Learning, Institute of Sciences Education, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Anna Menció: Teaching Innovation Network on Cooperative Learning, Institute of Sciences Education, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Lluís Nogué: Grup de Recerca en Educació, Patrimoni i Arts Intermèdia (GREPAI), Department of Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain
Marta Planas: Teaching Innovation Network on Cooperative Learning, Institute of Sciences Education, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Joan Solé-Pla: Teaching Innovation Network on Cooperative Learning, Institute of Sciences Education, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 19, 1-17

Abstract: This study analyzes the perception, mainly on motivation, interpersonal relationships, and learning outcomes, of higher education students from seven university disciplines derived from Cooperative Learning (CL) activities undertaken in the course of their degree studies. The cross-disciplinary dimensional analysis on cooperative learning included students’ motivation, academic performance, students’ relationships within cooperative groups, group organization, and teacher involvement. The study was carried out using a questionnaire validated by a number of CL experts. The subsequent analysis of a sample of 162 student’s perceptions on the CL dimensions provided first, positive students’ perceptions regarding satisfaction, motivation, learning outcomes, and interpersonal relationships, and second, that differences between university degrees on CL were significant, suggesting a strong dependence of cooperative dimensions on the implemented approach.

Keywords: cooperative learning; higher education; teacher involvement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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