Report of Achieving the Dream COOPERATIVE LEARNING April 20, 2011
Cooperative Learning Cadres ** Planned Workshops & Projected Numbers
Total Number of Cooperative Learning Instructors * Planned & Projected Participant Numbers
AtD Cooperative Learning – Fall 2010 Twenty-nine faculty used cooperative learning in one or more courses and 115 sections during Fall 2010. This is slightly more than 5% of the total sections. 2,347 students in fifty courses participated in a cooperative learning environment, which is approximately 16% of our Fall 2010 headcount. Forty-five faculty are currently using cooperative learning in 140 sections of Spring 2011
AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses Arts and Humanities ART Multimedia COM Effective Reading ENGL Multicultural English Comp I English Composition I Multicultural English Comp II Report Writing HUM Comparative Religion History of Science Advocates of Peace JB 1133 News Writing I
AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses Arts and Humanities LS College Writing I / II Study Skills College Reading I / II PHIL Introduction to Logic SCL 1001 Success in College and Life TA Shakespeare In Production Introduction to Theatre Acting I
AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses Business AOT 2443 Administrative Office Procedure Automated Records Management BUS Business Statistics Business Communications ECON Principles of Macroeconomics / Microeconomics
AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses Information Technology CAT Evolution of Video Game Technique Principles of Animation CS Beginning Programming Multimedia Web Animation Network Security
AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses Science and Math BIO Microbiology CHEM 1123 Principles of Chemistry MATH College Prep Math I / II / III College Algebra Pre-Cal/Analytic Geometry Calc & Analytic Geometry Intro to Ord Diff Equ
AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses Social Sciences GEOG 2603 World Regional Geography HIST U.S. History to the Civil War U.S. History Since the Civil War Survey American Families/Communities Historical Research, Methods/Writing POLSC Introduction to Law PSY Developmental Psychology
AtD Cooperative Learning – Fall 2010 Course Success by Instructor Comparing courses that were taught using cooperative learning in Fall 2010 to courses taught by the same instructor in Fall 2009 not using cooperative learning: Six courses did not have previous same course data for the instructor Three of the comparisons used a Spring 2010 course for comparison since Fall 2010 did not contain same course data for the instructor
AtD Cooperative Learning – Fall 2010 Course Success by Instructor Eight of the twenty-one courses with comparative data showed an increase when taught with cooperative learning Six showed a 5 percentage point or higher increase Thirteen of the twenty-one did not show an improvement Nine showed a five percentage point or more decrease
AtD Cooperative Learning Course Success Comparing sections that were taught in Fall 2010 using cooperative learning to sections within the same course that did not use it, the following findings were noted: Seventeen of the courses did not have any previous data with which to compare. Twenty-one of the remaining thirty-three courses that did have comparison sections showed an increase in course success Sixteen of these showed a five percentage point or higher increase
AtD Cooperative Learning Course Success Twelve of the thirty-three courses showed a decrease in course success Nine of these showed a five percentage point or more decrease
AtD Cooperative Learning Course Success
AtD Cooperative Learning Persistence Rate Persistence rates of students attending Fall 2010 sections that used the cooperative learning compared to persistence rates of students attending sections of the same course that did not use cooperative learning: Seventeen courses had no comparison data In nineteen of the thirty-three courses, students persisted at a higher rate in the cooperative learning sections In eleven courses, there was a gap of five percentage points or more
AtD Cooperative Learning Persistence Rate In fourteen of the thirty-three courses, students persisted at a lower rate in the cooperative learning sections In nine courses, there was a gap of five percentage points or more Overall, students attending Fall 2010 sections that used cooperative learning persisted at two percentage points higher than those students attending sections of the same courses that did not use cooperative learning 70.8% vs 68.8%
Student Survey Survey instrument used a sample of the Johnson brothers questions. Number Responding Semester Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2010 # Responding 82 625 701 % Responding 22% 55% 30% Roughly 380 students total 19 classes x 20 students per class
Student Survey 21 questions Scale 5 Completely true 4 True much of the time 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false 2 False much of the time 1 Completely false Results are divided into three components Top five responses Bottom five responses Three items had low ratings but were positive
Student Survey Top Five Rated Items 5 Completely true, 4 True much of the time, 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false, 2 False much of the time, 1 Completely false
Student Survey Bottom Five Rated Items 5 Completely true, 4 True much of the time, 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false, 2 False much of the time, 1 Completely false
Student Survey Low Rated But Positive Three questions require low ratings to be positive including the following: 5 Completely true, 4 True much of the time, 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false, 2 False much of the time, 1 Completely false
Faculty Survey 47 questions divided into 15 sections. General rating scale of 1 to 5 5 Almost always 3 Sometimes 1 Almost never
Faculty Survey – Overall Satisfaction
Faculty Survey – Group Sizes
Faculty Survey – Time on Cooperative Learning
Faculty Survey – Top 6 Based on Point Difference 5 Almost Always, 3 Sometimes and 1 Almost Never
Faculty Survey – Bottom 6 Based on Point Difference 5 Almost Always, 3 Sometimes and 1 Almost Never
Faculty Survey – Expected Low Ratings As an instructor, I assigned students of the same ability to a group. 1.88 in Fall 2009 compared to 1.31 in Fall 2010 Norm-referenced evaluation system where individual students’ performance was compared to the performance of other students. 1.13 in Fall 2009 compared to 1.21 in Fall 2010 Students competed within the group to do the most work. 1.06 in both Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 Students made little attempt to reach consensus and turned in separate answers. 2.25 in Fall 2009 and 1.67 in Fall 2010. Class did not allow time for groups to process. 2.18 in Fall 2009 and 3.21 in Fall 2010. 5 Almost always, 3 Sometimes, 1 Almost never
Summary Student Survey Faculty Survey Students believed that their teachers wanted them to succeed. Students appear to need a better understanding of the benefits of group work. Faculty Survey Although faculty are spending less time in the classroom devoted to cooperative learning, their level of satisfaction is high. Social skills received a greater emphasis in the most recent class.