Presentation Topic

Learning Behavior of Control Group

Environment: Face to face setting

Course: Computer Fundamental

Participants: Students of SEW ( ), CSE ( )- two groups

Class Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Data Collection

• Video of the classes, • Observation, & • Transcript of student interaction

Stages of Learning

Stage 1.Students responded to the questions given by

the course teacher

Activities: Individual thinking, brainstorming, connecting to the previous knowledge and understanding

Stages of Learning

Stage 2.Students were asked to write problems- what

they could not understand

Activities: Pair interaction, Individual thinking, sharing of experience/thoughts, write problem on cards

Stages of Learning

Stage 3.Students were asked to do sorting of the

individual problems and find types of problems

Activities: Arranging cards and finding problem categories, look into individual perspectives and overall learning situation

Stages of Learning

Stage 4.Students were asked to solve the identified

problems in groups (7/8 groups, 4/5 in each group) and write on a poster paper.

Activities: Discuss problem with peers, sharing past experience/ideas?, provide

solution, give justification, seek teacher’s help, build common understanding

Stages of LearningStage 5.Each of the groups were asked to present the group

work.Activities: -Present and explain solutions to the

problem, -Interactions between selected students (group

leader & individual student), -answer question to the individual student,

scaffolding?-seek teacher’s support(Need to transcribe interaction between students)

Finally,- There is Consensus among the students and

-Build Common Understanding(in presence of the course teacher)

AchievementUnderstanding solutions to the problems and

acquiring skills may lead to:

Achievement of the course goals(set by the course teacher)

Observed Teacher’s Role

- Facilitate the pair interaction, - Group discussion- Supported classification of problems- Interaction during presentation (question

answer)- Helped to increase confidence level of the

students

Interpretation

--The model presented here is quite similar to the ‘Peer Instruction/Tutoring model’ given by Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur (Mazur, 1997)

- Student interaction behavior/ pattern may be discussed with the social constructivist & peer learning theories given by Vygotsky (1978), Topping, Johnson & Johnson (1998) and Others