The Roles and their Variation of Students during Different Group Learning Tasks in College Level General Science Courses

• Main Authors: Peng, Tzuling, 彭紫羚
• Other Authors: Kuo, Pichu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59723907926509299987

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 數理教育研究所 === 101 === The purpose of this study was to explore the college students’roles and their variation during different group learning tasks in general science courses. Qualitative research was adopted in this study during the period of one semester. The subjects of this study were 36 college students in two classes. The data was collected by participant-observation, video records, tape recording of group discussions and questionnaire-survey. Based on the above data, group member’s role was divided into four types according to the participation level in discussion, including leader, active participant, passive participant and outsider. According to the results of data analyses, the conclusions are summarized as follows: 1. The trend of role variation was various in two different science courses. When the evaluation of the tasks varied, students were more interested in finishing tasks and maintain higher learning motivation. In this case, passive participants have potential shifting their role to active participants. Besides, when writing assignments or group works were required in tasks, the participation level was significantly improved. 2. The percentage of each role type was various in different tasks. If teacher allow students to bring their creativity and imagination into the process of finishing tasks, and enhance the richness and diversity of tasks, students tend to be more involved. Accordingly, the percentage of active participants in project-based tasks increase to more than 50%, and the percentage keep increasing over time. 3. There were other factors affecting role variation. The percentage of active participants increased when students were well-prepared for classroom discussion. The capability of the leader and the dynamics of the group also affected role variation.