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The Effects of Informal Cooperative Learning Pedagogy on Teaching Effectiveness, Task Orientation, and Learning Satisfaction in Undergraduate Classrooms in Ethiopia
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Tadesse, Tefera; Gillies, Robyn M.; Manathunga, Catherine – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
While cooperative learning (CL) has gained considerable attention in the current discourse about undergraduate quality education, it is minimally used in higher education classrooms, particularly in the developing countries context. Using a non-equivalent control groups design and a sample of undergraduate students (n = 340) from Jimma University,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students
Nurturing Cooperative Learning Pedagogies in Higher Education Classrooms: Evidence of Instructional Reform and Potential Challenges
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Tadesse, Tefera; Gillies, Robyn M. – Current Issues in Education, 2015
This article presents a pilot study that examined instructional practices and student outcomes of two courses designed using cooperative learning (CL) pedagogies in Ethiopian university context. The participants included 58 undergraduates and two teachers. The quantitative results showed that four inter-correlated pedagogical factors: Cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Participation, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education
Teachers' Discourse during Cooperative Learning and Their Perceptions of This Pedagogical Practice
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Gillies, Robyn M.; Boyle, Michael – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This article describes the types of discourse seven high school teachers used during cooperative leaning. One classroom lesson where students worked in cooperating groups was audiotaped and fully transcribed for each teacher and a vignette of two of the teachers and one of the groups in his or her room are also provided. The data from the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
The Behaviors, Interactions, and Perceptions of Junior High School Students during Small-Group Learning.
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Gillies, Robyn M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2003
Investigates the behaviors, interactions, and perceptions of junior high school students as they worked in structured or unstructured cooperative learning groups on problem-solving, curriculum-based tasks in mathematics, science and English. Results show that children in the structured groups were more cooperative and provided more relevant verbal…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Instructional Effectiveness