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Teaching problem solving through cooperative grouping. Part 1: Group versus individual problem solving
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of cooperative group learning on the problem solving performance of college students in a large introductory physics course. An explicit problem solving strategy was taught in the course, and students practiced using the strategy to solve problems in mixed-ability cooperative groups. A technique was developed to evaluate students’ problem solving performance and determine the difficulty of context-rich problems. It was found that better problem solutions emerged through collaboration than were achieved by individuals working alone. The instructional approach improved the problem solving performance of students at all ability levels.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Heller, P., Keith, R., & Anderson, S.
- Venue
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 1992-07-01
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 627-636
- ISSN
- 0002-9505 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-2909
- OpenAlex
- W2088007521
- Cited by
- 687
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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