Effect of Cooperative Learning Strategies on Students’ Learning Motivation and Alienation

Abstract

This study examines and analyzes the effect of students’ cooperative learning strategies on learning motivation and alienation. The sample included 367 students, who were administered a questionnaire survey on cooperative learning strategies, learning motivation and alienation. The data were analyzed and the correlation between cooperative learning strategies and students’ learning motivation and alienation was verified. Considering the urban and rural educational backgrounds of college students in compulsory education as control variables, the findings verify that educational background plays a controlling role in the influence of cooperative learning strategies on students’ learning motivation and sense of alienation.