TY - JOUR
T1 - Using SimCPU in cooperative learning laboratories
AU - Lin, Janet Mei Chuen
AU - Wu, Cheng-Chih
AU - Liu, Hsi Jen
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - This article reports the research findings of an experimental design in which cooperative learning strategies were applied to closed-lab instruction of computing concepts. SimCPU, a software package specially designed for closed-lab usage, was used by 171 high-school students of four classes. In contrast to the students in the control group who operated SimCPU individually, students in the experimental group formed threesome teams to learn the CPU-related concepts by operating SimCPU cooperatively. The results showed that collaboration did enhance learning and that blending cooperative learning with closed-lab instruction in computer science was viable.
AB - This article reports the research findings of an experimental design in which cooperative learning strategies were applied to closed-lab instruction of computing concepts. SimCPU, a software package specially designed for closed-lab usage, was used by 171 high-school students of four classes. In contrast to the students in the control group who operated SimCPU individually, students in the experimental group formed threesome teams to learn the CPU-related concepts by operating SimCPU cooperatively. The results showed that collaboration did enhance learning and that blending cooperative learning with closed-lab instruction in computer science was viable.
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U2 - 10.2190/XTVU-L25N-6N6E-E6RG
DO - 10.2190/XTVU-L25N-6N6E-E6RG
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033243696
VL - 20
SP - 259
EP - 277
JO - Journal of Educational Computing Research
JF - Journal of Educational Computing Research
SN - 0735-6331
IS - 3
ER -