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Promoting Functional Literacy Through Cooperative Learning, Angela M. O'Donnell, Donald F. Dansereau, Thomas Rocklin, Velma I. Hythecker, Michael D. Young, Richard H. Hall, Lisa P. Skaggs, Judith G. Lambiotte

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Effects of Cooperative Learning Strategy Manipulations on the Enactment and Recall of a Medical Procedure Were Explored. One Hundred and Twenty-Three College Students Completed the Experiment. during Training, Participants Were Randomly Assigned to a Dyad in One of Four Conditions: (A) No-Strategy, (B) Baseline Strategy, (C) Prompting Strategy, and (D) Planning Strategy. during Testing, Participants Both Performed and Produced Written Recalls of the Procedure Instructions. Test Order Was Counterbalanced within Dyad. Training and Test Performances Were Videotaped. the Planning Group Produced the Best Recalls and Recalled More Conditions of the Procedure. the Prompting Group Performed Best. Recall of the …