Student Surveys; Undergraduate Students

Research on cooperative learning has been conducted primarily in elementary education. R. E. Slavin (1991) however, notes that researchers are beginning to investigate the effectiveness of cooperative learning at the college level. A study examined cooperative learning at the college level from a communication perspective. The approach considers communication apprehension and its effects on cognitive principles of learning as well as the relationship between cooperative learning and achievement. More specifically, its hypotheses are as follows: (1) students in cooperative learning environments will show significantly greater learning of selected sociology concepts than students working in ind:vidualistic environments; and (2) students in a cooperative learning environment will show significantly higher gains in willingness to communicate as compared to students in individualisti