Effects of cooperative learning strategy on undergraduate kinesiology students' learning styles.
A growing body of research supports cooperative learning as an effective teaching strategy. A specific cooperative learning strategy, Team-based Learning, was applied to a convenience sample of four undergraduate sophomore-level motor behavior courses over four semesters from Fall 2002 to Spring 2004 to examine whether this strategy would affect students' learning styles. The data from the Grasha-Reichmann Student Learning Style Scales indicated that this teaching strategy was associated with a significant decrease in the negative Avoidant and Dependent learning styles and an improvement in the positive Participant learning style.
Meeuwsen
Harry J
HJ
Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at El Paso, 1101 N. Campbell Street, El Paso, TX 79912, USA. meeuwsen@utep.edu
King
George A
GA
Pederson
Rockie
R
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D018953:Kinesiology, Applied / Q000193:education*; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010549:Personal Satisfaction