ERIC Number: EJ802392
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Dec-3
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 37
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1696-2095
Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Fostered by Working with WebQuest
Lara, Sonia; Reparaz, Charo
Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, v5 n3 p731-756 Dec 2007
This research is part of a broader project being carried out by Erain School (San Sebastian) since February-March, 2004. The project is centered on the educational use of digital video. It has been catalogued as an R&D&I Project by the Diputacion (provincial council) of Guipuzcoa and the Basque government who collaborated in financing it, together with the European Regional Development Fund. The objective for using the WebQuest was to introduce a tool that allowed self-regulated and cooperative work of students in making a scientific video. Our research question was the following one: Does the WebQuest foster self-regulated and cooperative work in the students of Secondary Education (16 years old) when making a scientific video? In order to answer this question, we present a project carried out with a group of students in their fourth year of Secondary School. These students had to produce a scientific video about the geography of Guipuzcoa (Spain) for their Geography course. In order to do so, and following strategies to undertake scientific work as designed by the instructor in a WebQuest, they carried out their research work and then prepared the video (http://www.erain.es/vde/produccion3.asp). Data collection was carried out through two surveys which were specifically designed to collect data about this context of cooperative learning. The conclusions of this paper are similar to research about cooperative learning with regard to cognitive and affective variables. Finally, we present some prospects for follow-on research about self-regulated and cooperative learning. (Contains 9 tables, 3 figures and 4 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Geography, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Videotape Recordings, Secondary School Students, Independent Study, Student Surveys, Student Projects, Internet, Grade 11, Student Research, Student Attitudes
University of Almeria, Education & Psychology I+D+i. Faculty of Psychology Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 LaCanada de San Urbano, Almeria, Spain. Tel: +34-950-015354; Fax: +34-950-015083; Web site: http://www.investigacion-psicopedagogica.org/revista/new/english/index.php
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; High Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Spain

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