RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Abstract
- The current study focused specifically on students’ perceptions of the collaborative learning and their engagement. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between students’ perceptions of collaborative learning and their engagement. Purposive sampling method was used in this study. The subject of this study involved 200 second year students of Sagaing University of Education. In this study, quantitative research method was used. For quantitative study, "Collaborative Learning Questionnaire" developed by Gleeson, McDonald and Williams (2004) to measure the perceptions of students on collaborative learning practiced by teachers and "Students Engagement Questionnaire" developed by Lam & Jimerson (2008)to measure the perceptions of students on their engagement were used. This study used a descriptive research method. According to the results of the study, students’ perceptions on "social benefits" dimension was the highest in three dimensions of collaborative learning. For their engagement, they perceived that "behavioral engagement" was the highest in three dimensions. When examining the relationship between students’ perceptions on collaborative learning and their engagement, it was found that there was a positive correlation between two variables. A significant relationship between students’ perceptions on collaborative learning and their engagement (r=.236, p<0.01) was found based on research findings.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Moe Thuzar Kyaw
Subject
- Educational Theory
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)