Student perceptions of active learning in a large cross-disciplinary classroom  

Oleh:

Machemer, Patricia L. ; Crawford, Pat

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Active Learning in Higher Education vol. 8 no. 1 (Mar. 2007)
Topik: active ; collaborative ; general education class; mean differencetest ; student perceptions; student values; traditional
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This investigation reports on a study that assesses how students value active, cooperative, and traditional learning activities within a single large cross-disciplinary class. The study surveyed students’ perceived value of a range of teaching techniques (from traditional to cooperative) utilized within a general education class. Students rated the various techniques on an ordinal scale and the values were statistically compared using a mean difference (paired sample) test. The study was replicated four times over four semesters, where class size ranged from 125 to 180. The study found that students valued lectures and being active. From the students’ perspective, however, working with others (cooperative learning) diminishes the value significantly. Any activity, be it active, cooperative or traditional, that directly relates to improving exam performance was the most valued of all.

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