Effects of Cooperative Problem-Based Learning on Student Logic Problem-Solving Performance

• In Event: Poster Session 14
  In Poster Session: Problem-Based Education SIG Poster Session: Problem-Based Learning in Teacher Education and Other University Contexts

Abstract

Research has investigated the problem-based learning in order to enhance students’ logical problem-solving abilities. Worked-examples facilitating students in grasping the logical problem-solving skill. Furthermore, integrating cooperative learning with the worked-example might help students think of the given examples and problems from multiple perspectives and share the problem-solving strategies. This study explored the influence of cooperative problem-based learning on university students’ logical problem-solving performance under the context of worked-example problem-based learning. 62 subjects were recruited for the pre-and-posttest experiments. The findings showed that the subjects from the heterogeneous group performed significantly better at the end of the experiment and the same pattern was observed in the homogeneous group. However, the influence of group diversity on students’ logical problem-solving performance was not supported.

Authors

• Chun-Ping Wu, TamKang University

• Li-chun Huang