ERIC Number: EJ1135784
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
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A Cooperative Learning Group Procedure for Improving CTE and Science Integration
Spindler, Matt
Career and Technical Education Research, v41 n3 p157-173 Dec 2016
The purpose of this case study was to create information about the employment of Cooperative Learning Groups (CLG) to enhance the science integrating learning objectives utilized in secondary CTE courses. The objectives of the study were to determine if CLGs were an effective means for increasing the number of: a) science integrating learning objectives utilized in CTE courses; and b) science integrating learning objectives that require higher levels of cognitive processing in CTE courses. The findings revealed that the CLG process lead to an increase in the total number of science integrating learning objectives and number of science integrating learning objectives requiring higher levels of cognition. Matched-sample t tests revealed that the increases in the number of science integrating learning objectives and objectives that require higher levels of cognition were statistically significant. It is recommended that researchers investigate further methods for improving cooperation between CTE and science teachers.
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Instruction, Career Education, Technology Education, Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cognitive Processes, Teacher Collaboration
Association for Career and Technical Education Research. Web site: http://acteronline.org/publications/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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