The Effect of Student Collaboration in Solving Physics Problems Using an Online Interactive Response System

Nuri Balta,Mohammad Hamza Awedh

doi:10.12973/eu-jer.6.3.385

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<p style="text-align:justify">Advanced technology helps educational institutes to improve student learning performance and outcomes. In this study, our aim is to measure and assess student engagement and collaborative learning in engineering classes when using online technology in solving physics problems. The interactive response system used in this study is a collaborative learning tool that allows teachers to monitor their students’ response and progress in real time. Our results indicated that students have highly positive attitude toward using the interactive response system as a tool in education in order to improve collaborative learning and student engagement in classes. Consequently, student-learning performance has been improved considerably, and technology was successfully incorporated in engineering classes.</p>

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IntroductionCollaborative learningIn recent years, learning environment in educational institutes has become increasingly competitive
Our results indicated that students have highly positive attitude toward using the interactive response system as a tool in education in order to improve collaborative learning and student engagement in classes
Our aim was to study the effect of student collaboration in solving physics problems using the interactive response system app as well as students’ attitudes towards the use of such an app

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Collaborative learningIn recent years, learning environment in educational institutes has become increasingly competitive. Different techniques have been introduced to make learning more efficient and effective (Wicks, Craft, Mason, Gritter, & Bolding, 2015). One such technique is collaborative learning technique. The basic idea in collaborative learning is that understanding can be built through joint intellectual efforts by students and teachers (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 1999; Rippel, Schaefer, Mistee, & Panchal, 2009). Collaborative learning is a method in which group of students works together in small groups each member of the group is responsible for their group mates learning as well as their own. Collaborative learning is a learning technique in which students teach and learn from each other, share knowledge and experiences, and develop interdependence (Panitz, 1996)

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