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The impact of cooperative learning on critical thinking test scores of associate's degree graduates in Southwest Virginia.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The impact of cooperative learning on critical thinking test scores of associate's degree graduates in Southwest Virginia./
Author:	Hodges, James Gregory.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2013,
Description:	143 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-12(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-12A(E).
Subject:	Educational tests & measurements. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3583488
ISBN:	9781321178807

The impact of cooperative learning on critical thinking test scores of associate's degree graduates in Southwest Virginia.
Hodges, James Gregory.

The impact of cooperative learning on critical thinking test scores of associate's degree graduates in Southwest Virginia. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2013 - 143 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-12(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--TUI University, 2013.

This study examined the impact that the teaching technique known as cooperative learning had on the changes between pre- and post-test scores on all sub-categories (induction, deduction, analysis, evaluation, inference, and total composite) associated with the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) for two years' worth of associate's degree graduates (n = 188) at one rural community college in Southwest Virginia. Moreover, the percentage of cooperative learning credits that were completed within these graduates' associate's degrees were studied. So too were the students' scores of cooperative learning implementation (as determined by faculty self-reporting measures) and the students' scores of classroom engagement, the latter of which was derived from the results of a locally administered survey. By running six repeated measures within factors ANOVA's, a statistically significant difference was found between students' pre-test scores and post-test scores on all but one of the sub-categories associated with the CCTST: Induction -- F (1, 187) = 11.26, p = .001; Deduction -- F (1, 187) = 19.78, p < .001; Evaluation -- F (1, 187) = 15.73; p < .001; Inference -- F (1, 187) = 20.35; p < .001; Total Composite -- F (1, 187) = 26.71; p < .001. The difference between the pre-test scores and post-test scores for the Analysis sub-category was not statistically significant: Analysis -- F (1, 187) = 0.96; p = 0.33. Moreover, through a series of multiple tests of hierarchical regression while controlling for potentially confounding co-variables, a statistically significant relationship was found between the independent variables (percentage of cooperative learning credits completed, scores of cooperative learning implementation, and scores of student engagement) and the change between pre-and post-test scores on the total composite sub-category of the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. The regressions yielded the following: Total Composite - F (7, 180) = 24.21; p < .001 and overall R2 of .485; Induction -- F (7, 180) = 9.31; p < .001 and overall R2 of .266; Deduction - F (7, 180) = 11.56; p < .001 and overall R2 of .310; Analysis - F (7, 180) = 6.65; p < .001 and overall R2 of .206; Evaluation - F (7, 180) = 4.89; p < .001 and overall R2 of .160; Inference - F (7, 180) = 6.43; p < .001 and overall R2 of .200.

ISBN: 9781321178807Subjects--Topical Terms:

3168483
Educational tests & measurements.

The impact of cooperative learning on critical thinking test scores of associate's degree graduates in Southwest Virginia.
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