dc.contributor.author | Breed, B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-15T12:32:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-15T12:32:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Breed, B. 2016. Exploring a cooperative learning approach to improve self-directed learning in higher education. Journal for New Generation Sciences, 14(3):1-21. [http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-6ced2999f] | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1684-4998 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/24084 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-6ced2999f | |
dc.description.abstract | This investigation explores the influence of incorporating five elements (positive interdependence, individual accountability, promotive face-to-face interaction, appropriate social skills, group processing) regarded as essential for effective cooperative learning on students' self-reported levels of selfdirected learning, and their views on the influence of cooperative learning on their self-directedness in learning. The research involved a class of ten firstyear Information Technology education students and the incorporation of the five elements in their cooperative learning activities in a semester module. Quantitative data regarding the students' levels of self-directed learning were collected in pre- and post-tests by means of a questionnaire. Qualitative data regarding the students' views on the influence of cooperative learning on their self-directedness in learning were in turn collected by means of a post-test open-ended question. The results show that structuring of group work activities to include the five elements reportedly had an influence in the self-directed learning area of evaluation, which is needed to monitor own learning, and interpersonal skills, which are prerequisites for becoming self-directed learners. Other areas that appeared to have been influenced are the students' awareness of factors contributing to becoming self-directed learners, and the use of appropriate learning strategies to become self-directed in learning | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Central University of Technology, Free State | |
dc.subject | Cooperative learning elements | |
dc.subject | Cooperative learning | |
dc.subject | Lifelong learning | |
dc.subject | Self-directed learning | |
dc.subject | Teaching-learning strategy | |
dc.title | Exploring a cooperative learning approach to improve self-directed learning in higher education | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 11638214 - Breed, Elizabeth Alice | |