In this paper we describe computer-supported structured cooperative learning, applied to the laboratories of an introductory CS1 course. We extended IMINDS, a multiagent system that supports student-teacher and student-student realtime interactions, to support a cooperative learning paradigm called Jigsaw. Jigsaw considers of several phases of activities, including dividing students into differ...

the aim of this study was to determine influencing factors on participation of fishermen member cooperative in sustainable fishing in golestan province. the methodological approach of this study was descriptive- correlative. the research population consisted of 144 fishermen who member cooperative, which were selected using census method. validity of the instrument was established by a panel of...

Four computer applications are presented that encourage students to develop “mathematical coordination” — the ability to manipulate numerical variables in cooperation with other students so as to achieve a definite goal. The programs enable a form of computer-supported cooperative learning (CSCL). In this paper we describe the rationale and design of the programs, the results of an informal eva...

Community colleges — institutions that serve disproportionate numbers of poor, working-class, first-generation, nontraditional, and minority students — are uniquely positioned to provide liberating educational experiences to a diverse spectrum of society. Cross (2000) aptly describes the current interest in cooperative and/or collaborative learning with a metaphor: “a swelling river of interest...

This study presents results from a field experiment investigating the efficacy of cooperative learning on individual students in an undergraduate introduction to information systems class. Statistical analysis of the data indicates that cooperative learning did not have a positive effect on individual student learning. This result is in contrast to effective individual learning outcomes associa...

This paper reports the empirical results of implementing a cooperative learning method in a core undergraduate MIS course taken by business students with diverse backgrounds and interests. The results confirmed the effectiveness of cooperative learning but also showed interesting findings of students’ perception of the method. The paper also reports factors identified by students that might be ...