Report of Achieving the Dream COOPERATIVE LEARNING

1. Report of Achieving the Dream COOPERATIVE LEARNING April 20, 2011

3. Cooperative Learning Cadres ** Planned Workshops & Projected Numbers

4. Total Number of Cooperative Learning Instructors * Planned & Projected Participant Numbers

6. AtD Cooperative Learning – Fall 2010 • Twenty-nine faculty used cooperative learning in one or more courses and 115 sections during Fall 2010. This is slightly more than 5% of the total sections. • 2,347 students in fifty courses participated in a cooperative learning environment, which is approximately 16% of our Fall 2010 headcount. • Forty-five faculty are currently using cooperative learning in 140 sections of Spring 2011

7. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses • Arts and Humanities • ART • Multimedia • COM • Effective Reading • ENGL • Multicultural English Comp I • English Composition I • Multicultural English Comp II • Report Writing • HUM • Comparative Religion • History of Science • Advocates of Peace • JB 1133 • News Writing I

8. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses • Arts and Humanities • LS • College Writing I / II • Study Skills • College Reading I / II • PHIL • Introduction to Logic • SCL 1001 • Success in College and Life • TA • Shakespeare In Production • Introduction to Theatre • Acting I

9. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses • Business • AOT 2443 • Administrative Office Procedure • Automated Records Management • BUS • Business Statistics • Business Communications • ECON • Principles of Macroeconomics / Microeconomics

10. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses • Information Technology • CAT • Evolution of Video Game Technique • Principles of Animation • CS • Beginning Programming • Multimedia • Web Animation • Network Security

11. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses • Science and Math • BIO • Microbiology • CHEM 1123 • Principles of Chemistry • MATH • College Prep Math I / II / III • College Algebra • Pre-Cal/Analytic Geometry • Calc & Analytic Geometry • Intro to Ord Diff Equ

12. AtD Cooperative Learning - Courses • Social Sciences • GEOG 2603 • World Regional Geography • HIST • U.S. History to the Civil War • U.S. History Since the Civil War • Survey American Families/Communities • Historical Research, Methods/Writing • POLSC • Introduction to Law • PSY • Developmental Psychology

13. AtD Cooperative Learning – Fall 2010Course Success by Instructor • Comparing courses that were taught using cooperative learning in Fall 2010 to courses taught by the same instructor in Fall 2009 not using cooperative learning: • Six courses did not have previous same course data for the instructor • Three of the comparisons used a Spring 2010 course for comparison since Fall 2010 did not contain same course data for the instructor

14. AtD Cooperative Learning – Fall 2010Course Success by Instructor • Eight of the twenty-one courses with comparative data showed an increase when taught with cooperative learning • Six showed a 5 percentage point or higher increase • Thirteen of the twenty-one did not show an improvement • Nine showed a five percentage point or more decrease

15. AtD Cooperative Learning Course Success • Comparing sections that were taught in Fall 2010 using cooperative learning to sections within the same course that did not use it, the following findings were noted: • Seventeen of the courses did not have any previous data with which to compare. • Twenty-one of the remaining thirty-three courses that did have comparison sections showed an increase in course success • Sixteen of these showed a five percentage point or higher increase

16. AtD Cooperative Learning Course Success • Twelve of the thirty-three courses showed a decrease in course success • Nine of these showed a five percentage point or more decrease

17. AtD Cooperative LearningCourse Success

18. AtD Cooperative LearningPersistence Rate • Persistence rates of students attending Fall 2010 sections that used the cooperative learning compared to persistence rates of students attending sections of the same course that did not use cooperative learning: • Seventeen courses had no comparison data • In nineteen of the thirty-three courses, students persisted at a higher rate in the cooperative learning sections • In eleven courses, there was a gap of five percentage points or more

19. AtD Cooperative LearningPersistence Rate • In fourteen of the thirty-three courses, students persisted at a lower rate in the cooperative learning sections • In nine courses, there was a gap of five percentage points or more • Overall, students attending Fall 2010 sections that used cooperative learning persisted at two percentage points higher than those students attending sections of the same courses that did not use cooperative learning • 70.8% vs 68.8%

20. Student Survey • Survey instrument used a sample of the Johnson brothers questions. • Number Responding

21. Student Survey • 21 questions • Scale • 5 Completely true • 4 True much of the time • 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false • 2 False much of the time • 1 Completely false • Results are divided into three components • Top five responses • Bottom five responses • Three items had low ratings but were positive

22. Student SurveyTop Five Rated Items 5 Completely true, 4 True much of the time, 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false, 2 False much of the time, 1 Completely false

23. Student SurveyBottom Five Rated Items 5 Completely true, 4 True much of the time, 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false, 2 False much of the time, 1 Completely false

24. Student SurveyLow Rated But Positive Three questions require low ratings to be positive including the following: 5 Completely true, 4 True much of the time, 3 Sometimes true and sometimes false, 2 False much of the time, 1 Completely false

25. Faculty Survey • 47 questions divided into 15 sections. • General rating scale of 1 to 5 • 5 Almost always • 3 Sometimes • 1 Almost never

26. Faculty Survey – Overall Satisfaction

27. Faculty Survey – Group Sizes

28. Faculty Survey – Time on Cooperative Learning

29. Faculty Survey – Top 6 Based on Point Difference 5 Almost Always, 3 Sometimes and 1 Almost Never

30. Faculty Survey –Bottom 6 Based on Point Difference 5 Almost Always, 3 Sometimes and 1 Almost Never

31. Faculty Survey – Expected Low Ratings • As an instructor, I assigned students of the same ability to a group. 1.88 in Fall 2009 compared to 1.31 in Fall 2010 • Norm-referenced evaluation system where individual students’ performance was compared to the performance of other students. 1.13 in Fall 2009 compared to 1.21 in Fall 2010 • Students competed within the group to do the most work. 1.06 in both Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 • Students made little attempt to reach consensus and turned in separate answers. 2.25 in Fall 2009 and 1.67 in Fall 2010. • Class did not allow time for groups to process. 2.18 in Fall 2009 and 3.21 in Fall 2010. 5 Almost always, 3 Sometimes, 1 Almost never

32. Summary Student Survey • Students believed that their teachers wanted them to succeed. • Students appear to need a better understanding of the benefits of group work. Faculty Survey • Although faculty are spending less time in the classroom devoted to cooperative learning, their level of satisfaction is high. • Social skills received a greater emphasis in the most recent class.