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The Effect Of Cooperative Learning On The Attitudes Toward Science And The Achievement Of Students In A Non-Science Majors' General Biology Laboratory Course At An Urban Community College, Genevieve C. Chung-Schickler
The Effect Of Cooperative Learning On The Attitudes Toward Science And The Achievement Of Students In A Non-Science Majors' General Biology Laboratory Course At An Urban Community College, Genevieve C. Chung-Schickler
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cooperative learning strategies on students' attitudes toward science and achievement in BSC 1005L, a non-science majors' general biology laboratory course at an urban community college. Data were gathered on the participants' attitudes toward science and cognitive biology level pre and post treatment in BSC 1005L. Elements of the Learning Together model developed by Johnson and Johnson and the Student Team-Achievement Divisions model created by Slavin were incorporated into the experimental sections of BSC 1005L.
Four sections of BSC 1005L participated in this study. Participants were enrolled in the 1998 …