1. Report of Achieving the Dream COOPERATIVE LEARNING
April 20, 2011

3. Cooperative Learning Cadres
** Planned Workshops & Projected Numbers

4. Total Number of Cooperative Learning Instructors
* Planned & Projected Participant Numbers

6. AtD Cooperative Learning – Fall 2010
Twenty-nine faculty used cooperative learning in one or more courses and 115 sections during Fall 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses
Business
AOT 2443
Administrative Office Procedure
Automated Records Management
BUS
Business Statistics
Business Communications
ECON
Principles of Macroeconomics / Microeconomics

10. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses
Information Technology
CAT
Evolution of Video Game Technique
Principles of Animation CS
Beginning Programming
Multimedia
Web Animation
Network Security

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. AtD Cooperative Learning Course Success

18. 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

19. 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%

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Faculty Survey 47 questions divided into 15 sections.
General rating scale of 1 to 5
5 Almost always
3 Sometimes
1 Almost never

26. Faculty Survey – Overall Satisfaction

27. Faculty Survey – Group Sizes

28. Faculty Survey – Time on Cooperative Learning

29. Faculty Survey – Top 6 Based on Point Difference
5 Almost Always, 3 Sometimes and 1 Almost Never

30. Faculty Survey – Bottom 6 Based on Point Difference
5 Almost Always, 3 Sometimes and 1 Almost Never

31. Faculty Survey – Expected Low Ratings
As an instructor, I assigned students of the same ability to a group 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 in Fall 2009 compared to 1.21 in Fall 2010
Students competed within the group to do the most work in both Fall 2009 and Fall 2010
Students made little attempt to reach consensus and turned in separate answers in Fall 2009 and 1.67 in Fall 2010.
Class did not allow time for groups to process in Fall 2009 and 3.21 in Fall 2010.
5 Almost always, 3 Sometimes, 1 Almost never

32. 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.