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Lange, Christopher; Costley, Jamie; Fanguy, Mik – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
From a cognitive load perspective, successful collaborative learning occurs if groups achieve their goals, and if each member processes information in a way that contributes to individual learning. This research looked at group work among postgraduate STEM students in South Korea (N = 55) to see if successful collaborative learning and individual…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Writing, Content Area Writing, Difficulty Level
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Costley, Jamie; Lange, Christopher – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Semi-formal learning is used to describe learning that is directed towards the goals of a formal learning institution but outside of the learning structure of a specific class. Students studying online may form semi-formal groups to increase their knowledge of the content by interacting with other learners taking the same class. This study of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
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Lange, Christopher; Costley, Jamie; Han, Seung Lock – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
This study examines the effect of group work scaffolding on participation. The procedural scaffolding of two cooperative learning techniques, Numbered Heads Together and Think-Pair-Share, are compared based on levels of participation, learning, and satisfaction they elicit. Aspects of participation that are examined include levels of group…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Cooperative Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods