Chinese Journal of Science Education


Vol. 15 No. 5 , Pages 593 - 611 , 2007

The Effect of Cooperative Learning of Atomic Structure Lesson in a Two-year Nursing College (Article written in Chinese)

Kai-Ping WANG

Abstract

This study explored the effect of cooperative learning on students’ learning achievement in the lesson of “Atomic Structure”, of a chemistry class in a Nursing College. The quasi-experiment method was designed for this study. The participants, 108 students from two freshman classes, had taken the cooperative learning in the lab for seven weeks, or 14 hours period. The tools were the questionnaire of learning reception, learning achievement tests, and the questionnaire of comments on cooperative learning. This study found that the homogeneous grouping could promote students academic achievement effectively. The learning achievements of students from the medium or the low level of the experimental group was better than that of control group. The cooperative learning strategy was helpful to students’ attitude toward learning. Additionally, students related the real experience to the chemistry learning. Most students in the experimental group agreed that it is worth for cooperative learning.

Keywords: cooperative learning strategy; atomic structure

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