Cooperative Skills Research Articles

“MasterChemist”: A Novel Strategy for Reviewing Stoichiometry and Introducing Molecular Gastronomy to Chemistry Students

This article presents and discusses the results of an educational innovation that seeks to introduce the world of molecular gastronomy in chemistry lessons as a means to review stoichiometry and offer an alternative way to learn. In the literature to date, there is no evidence of haute cuisine having been employed to contextualize stoichiometry problem statements with its everyday applications. The proposed novel strategy, called “MasterChemist”, involved the participation of Spanish first-year university students taking the subject General Chemistry in the Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering. A Game-Based Learning (GBL) approach was used to solve the exercises and make the activity more appealing and interesting by adding fun to the learning process. The problems were contextualized in the use of siphons, isomalt sugar, and the spherification technique. Furthermore, dividing students into groups also boosted their cooperative skills. The students’ answers to a final survey revealed that the general opinion regarding the activity was highly positive. The undergraduates reviewed some stoichiometry concepts which we had previously observed that they had problems understanding. In addition, the attractive theme of haute cuisine made the activity dynamic and enjoyable both for students and for the teacher.

Addressing Drop Outs From Early Grades At The Primary School Level By Strengthening Early Childhood Education In Singapore

The problem in this study is how is the quality of education set by the Singapore Ministry of Education to realize the excellence of students at every level of education? How to develop early education to overcome the drop out at the primary school education level in Singapore? The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method. Data collection techniques through library studies. Literature research is a data collection technique by reviewing books, literature, notes, and various reports related to the problem to be solved. Data analysis techniques are carried out by reducing, presenting, and inferring the data that has been collected. The results showed that (1) The quality of education at every level and unit of education in Singapore has always been of particular concern to the Singapore Ministry of Education. Singapore's Ministry of Education always oversees the development of the national curriculum to obtain the desired Educational outcomes. in the form of student excellence in life skills, knowledge skills, and subject discipline knowledge organized into eight core skills and values: character development, self-management skills, social and cooperative skills, literacy and numeracy, communication skills, information skills, thinking skills and creativity, and skills of application of knowledge. (2) Singapore is a barometer of early childhood education programs in the Asia Pacific Region. The involvement of parents in supporting children's learning activities at home is a must so that the child's learning atmosphere while at school is supported and strengthened by the learning atmosphere at home.Keywords: education system, early childhood, Singapore, Schools, singapore

Evaluating the efficacy of a school-based Finnish Gutsy Go programme in enhancing adolescents’ positive mental health, experience of social inclusion, and social competence

Background: The Finnish Gutsy Go programme is a positive youth development intervention designed to enhance adolescents’ psychosocial well-being by enabling eighth-grade students to develop and execute good deeds within the community. Objective: This study aimed to explore the effect of the Gutsy Go programme on adolescents’ positive mental health, experience of social inclusion, and social competence using a quasi-experimental study design. Methods: Data were collected with electronic questionnaires at baseline (n = 236 programme participants and n = 303 controls) and follow-up two weeks after the programme (n = 126, 54.2% programme participants and n = 103, 34.1% controls). Analyses included paired samples t-tests and mixed ANOVA analyses. Results: A statistically significant intragroup change across time was detected in the level of cooperation skills among programme participants (t(127) = −2.460, p = 0.015) but not among controls (t(102) = 1.088, p = 0.279). Statistically significant main effects were found for the intervention group on the experience of social inclusion (F(1, 1) = 9.34, p = 0.003, η p 2 = 0.040), cooperation skills (F(1,1) = 5.28, p = 0.020, η p 2 = 0.020), and empathy (F(1,1) = 6.44, p = 0.010, η p 2 = 0.030) across time. Conclusion: The Gutsy Go programme could be beneficial in improving adolescents’ experience of social inclusion, cooperation skills, and empathy. More studies are needed to address the effects of the programme more firmly.

Formation of communication and cooperation skills in junior schoolchildren while creating animation at math lessons

The article discusses formation of communication and cooperation skills in a junior schoolchild as components of his functional literacy. The ways of working with animation at math lessons when students are combined into small groups are revealed. Forms of organization of educational activity of junior schoolchildren are considered; a description of the tasks most suitable for animation is proposed; the methodology for organizing a lesson is given with examples of tasks, the content of which allows organizing communication between students; examples of tasks solved with the help of animation created by children are given; methods for diagnosing the level of communication of students are described. An analysis of the results of several years of work on the formation of communication and cooperation skills through the creation of animation is presented. The material can be useful to school teachers, students of pedagogical universities and methodologists.

Exploring Readiness towards Effective Implementation of Safety and Health Measures for COVID-19 Prevention in Nakhon-Si-Thammarat Community-Based Tourism of Southern Thailand.

Thailand’s community-based tourism (CBT) faces a challenging adaptation in response to COVID-19 prevention. This study aimed to assess the readiness for effective implementation of the Safety and Health Administration (SHA) for COVID-19 prevention in the tourism community. A qualitative approach was adopted for this study. Three communities covering all types of CBT in Nakhon-Si-Thammarat province, southern Thailand were purposively chosen. Fifteen key informants were invited to participate in the study. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted, and the data were analysed using the thematic analysis method. The readiness stage was assigned by consensual comprehensive scores. The overall readiness of CBT is pre-planning stage, a clear recognition of the SHA benefit, and there are sufficient resources for implementation. At this stage, there is no planning because the business owners feel that they have inadequate knowledge about the SHA protocol. Another main barrier is having limited accessibility for SHA information which mainly provides through with technology platform. The CBT owner needs to improve public health-based knowledge, technology and cooperation skills to operate SHA efficiently. However, in order to embed SHA to the CBT, tourism and public health organisation should provide suitable methods at the initiation stage by considering the community readiness and need.

Meningkatkan Kemampuan Kerjasama melalui Permainan Menyusun Puzzle pada Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun di TK Kenanga Raya

Cooperation is the ability to work together to complete a task with others. The process of working together children are trained to be able to suppress individual personalities and prioritize group interests. Children's learning activities at Kenanga Raya Kindergarten on the ability to cooperate are still not developed. Based on my observations, it shows that children still like to play alone and do not want to play with other friends. This study aims to improve children's cooperation skills through puzzle games at Kenanga Raya Kindergarten Medan. The subjects used in this study were group B children aged 5-6 years, totaling 9 children. Data collection is done by direct observation, performance, and documentation. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the improvement of children's cooperative skills through group B puzzle games at Kenanga Raya Kindergarten Medan in the 2020/2021 academic year. This can be proven by the pre-cycle results of 25%, 52,2% in the first cycle and increased to 86% in the second cycle. So it can be concluded that puzzle games improve the cooperative ability of group B children in Kenanga Raya Kindergarten Medan.

Providing Assessment Model to Diminish Free Rider and Enhance Students’ Cooperative Skills

This study aims to propose a concept innovation model: EDDPEA (Envision, Design, Develop, Presentation, Enhance, Assessment) as an attempt to diminish the free-rider issue and raise university students’ collaborative skills. The study involved a research development approach using the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) model to develop an innovative learning model for university students. This approach was adopted to develop a product that is effectively involved in learning. In this research, we employed questionnaires in measuring the validity, practicality, and effectiveness. The findings of this study indicate that the EDDPEA follows six stages, including envision, design, develop, present, enhance, and assessment. Each stage can involve students’ attention to a particular given topic. Additionally, this innovative learning model can be used for entrepreneurship subjects as attempting to diminish the free-rider issue in a workgroup and it can be elaborated with other relevant subjects. This paper will provide a prior understanding on how to diminish free-rider issue in work group learning.

Teaching evidence-based practice: Case study of an integrated assessment task for diagnostic radiography students

IntroductionA core competency for all health care professionals is evidence-based practice (EBP). An understanding of research skills are key to diagnostic radiographers adopting EBP, and should be taught and assessed in curricula leading to eligibility to register and practice. This paper focuses on the design, implementation and initial evaluation of an assessment task in the Diagnostic Radiography (DR) curriculum at an Australian university, which aimed to facilitate students’ skills to identify and interpret research methods and output as a foundation for EBP by combining with EBP and DR theoretical content. MethodsAn integrated assessment task was introduced across two units of study, requiring student groups to produce a single literature review incorporating learning objectives from each distinct unit of study. This approach recognised and incorporated themes of student choice, negotiation of group membership, and scholarly writing as inherent components. ResultsStudent feedback showed that students valued the integration of content knowledge and research principles across two units of study to better reflect their depth and breadth of learning. Students also commented on the value of team or group work in developing their communication and cooperation skills, which are essential skills in the DR workplace. DiscussionA literature review assessment task integrated across two previously separate units of study provided an innovative approach to assessment of EBP in the DR curricula. ConclusionIt is anticipated that DR graduates, who are prepared with knowledge and skills in EBP prior to graduation, will become leaders and drive future innovation in EBP.

Increasing the personal autonomy of preadolescents from rural areas

The role of sports activities in the training and development of school graduates cannot be disputed. The benefits of this type of activity can be manifested in several aspects: development of motor indicators, maintenance of optimal physical health as well as development of cooperation skills, interpersonal relationships and personality traits, among which personal autonomy is thought to be one of the most important acquisitions. Preadolescence is a stage characterised both by significant changes in the physical and mental plane. The maximum use of sport in school can be achieved by initiating and carrying out extracurricular sports programmes adapted to the needs of students and the specifics of the grade. The research was conducted between 2018 and 2021 in two schools from rural areas in Vrancea County. The study involved 40 participants (30 boys and 10 girls) aged between 12 and 15 years. A comparative analysis of the results obtained by students in the control and experimental groups was performed through the SPSS program using the statistical method for Independent Samples t-Test, Levene’s Test and Cohen’s d. The results obtained from the statistical analysis support the idea that students participating in the extracurricular sports programme have a higher level of autonomy, are more confident in their future and opportunities and show determination, stability and perseverance in their own beliefs and principles.

The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Teamwork Skills in Public Schools Principals

This study aimed to identify the level of emotional intelligence and its impact on the cooperative work skills of public school principals, as well as examining the levels of their cooperative work skills practices. And its relationship to gender variables, and administrative experience.
 The study sample consisted of 53 public school principals, and the descriptive analytical approach was adopted in data collection, analysis and interpretation.
 The results showed that school principals had moderate levels of emotional intelligence, with a decrease in the abilities of emotional awareness, assertiveness and public relations. The study also revealed an average level of cooperative work skills practice, with low levels of empowerment skills practice.
 There are no statistically significant differences in the average emotional intelligence and the level of practice of cooperative work skills for the school principal due to the variables of gender and administrative experience. While there were statistically significant differences in the ability to adapt due to the gender variable for school principals. The results showed differences in the areas: the ability to withstand stress, control emotions, conflict resolution skills, communication and meeting management, attributed to the variable of administrative experience in favor of more experienced school principals.
 The study confirmed the existence of a positive and moderate correlation between emotional intelligence and collaborative work skills.

Effects of a Pair Programming Educational Robot-Based Approach on Students' Interdisciplinary Learning of Computational Thinking and Language Learning.

Using educational robots (ERs) to integrate computational thinking (CT) with cross-disciplinary content has gone beyond Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), to include foreign-language learning (FL) and further cross-context target-language (TL) acquisition. Such integration must not solely emphasise CT problem-solving skills. Rather, it must provide students with interactive learning to support their target-language (TL) interaction while reducing potential TL anxiety. This study aimed to validate the effects of the proposed method of pair programming (PP) along with question-and-response interaction in a board-game activity on young learners’ CT skills and TL learning across contexts. Two Grade 6 classes, one with 15 students who were studying Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) and the other with 15 students who were studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL), participated in the activity. A series of instruments on achievement assessment, questionnaires on CT skills and TL anxiety, and sequential learning behaviour analysis were used to critically examine the results. The main conclusion is that the EFL group showed better social skills of cooperation on CT and lower TL learning anxiety, while the CSL group demonstrated better problem-solving skills in CT, but presented more behaviours of trial-and-error loops. Results not only contribute suggestions for cross-disciplinary learning but also provide support for cross-context instruction beyond educational coursework.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION SKILLS OF SENIOR PRESCHOOLERS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION PROCESS

The authors of the article consider the importance of cooperation skills as some of soft skills of a person. The significance of developing these skills from preschool age on is emphasized. The influence of children's experimentation on their all-round development and readiness of senior preschool children to study at school is considered. The interrelation between group activities in the process of experimentation and the development of senior preschoolers’ cooperation skills is shown. Based on the observation of children's activities in the process of experimentation, the educator’s participation in this process and the survey of senior preschoolers and educators reveal the aspects of the organization of children’s group activities that have to be improved. The peculiarities of the educator's participation at all stages of the experiment done by senior preschool children in groups are analyzed – during the goal setting, discussion of the experimental procedure, summarizing, as well as during the verbal report on the results of the experiment. Emphasis is placed on the fact that it is important to organize experimentation centres at preschool institutions, which will allow children to freely experiment and form a team to carry out search activities. The psychological and pedagogical conditions for the children's experimentation in groups being organized at preschool institutions by educators for the successful formation of senior preschoolers’ cooperation skills are formulated.

THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION SKILLS AT CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CARE HOMES

The purpose of the article is to reveal the opportunities to develop communication and cooperation skills in children living at children’s community care homes (further on CCCHs) based on the experience of social workers working at CCCHs. Problematic question: What are real opportunities for children to develop communication and cooperation skills while living at CCCHs? Nine social workers, who work at CCCHs in seven different locations in Lithuania, participated in the research. The study revealed that, while living at CCCHS, the opportunities to develop communication and cooperation skills change in the positive direction. At CCCHs, a positive family environment, in which closer and warmer relationships form, is created, more time is devoted to mutual communication. Children develop communication and cooperation skills while creating home rules, negotiating and obliging themselves to stick to the set order, learning to create and maintain harmonious mutual realtionships, empasising attentiveness, politeness, empathy, as well as learning to resolve problems and conflicts in a constructive manner, conculting and agreeing regarding the ways to spend their leisure time. In addition, children, while expanding their social ties in their community, learn to coexist with others, as well as to develop social resilience while learning to resist the pressure of others, not to give in to bad influences, to trust their own strength and to take decisions independently.

Medical and nursing students’ co-learning in digitalized health care eco-system

The demographic change in Finnish population has forced us to develop digital solutions to meet health care requirements. To respond to the need, we designed and piloted a one-day Multidisciplinary Digital Clinic (MDC) education for medical and nursing students. In this report, we describe our project of the one-day MDC education of digital solutions in primary care for medical and nursing students, and their learning experiences. Additionally, we describe the realization of the intended learning outcomes. The MDC education was conducted by flipped learning method with pre-studying materials. The MDC day was divided into three topical workshops: Remote Care, Digital Symptoms and Health care assessment, and Assessment of Need for care. Students formed three multidisciplinary teams. The students (N=108) valued the opportunity to train with modern technological equipment. Learning in the multidisciplinary teams enabled their knowledge and expertise sharing beyond study field limits, and provided a unique opportunity to discuss together, and thus, helped generate future-proof cooperation skills. The MDC training improved students' understanding of digitally enhanced health care services and increased their understanding of the automated digitalized service pathways, and the continuity of care. In conclusion, the students described MDC as a unique opportunity, and future oriented education. The MDC encouraged students to get involved in the digitally and technologically enhanced health care eco-system in their professional careers.

Measurement invariance and country difference in children's social skills development: Evidence from Japanese and Chinese samples.

The diversity of child social skills development is not well detected among Asian countries. Culturally validated assessments are needed for practitioners to evaluate child social skills. This study tested the measurement invariance of the Social Skill Scale (SSS) across Japanese and Chinese samples and explored country differences in child social skills development. The SSS utilizes a widely used factor structure (assertion, self-control, and cooperation subdomains) and has established Japanese and Chinese versions. We conducted investigations with an identical process and materials with different language versions, collecting data from 931 Japanese kindergarten children (Mage = 4.35, SDage = 1.07; 53.6% boys) and from 1130 Chinese kindergarten children (Mage = 4.47, SDage = 1.00; 52.3% boys). We used multiple confirmatory factor analysis to test measurement invariance of the SSS and established the validity, reliability, and scalar measurement invariance for the first-order factor structure of the SSS across the two country samples. We also examined country differences on the associations between demographics, parenting practice, and child social skills development. We found that, compared to the Chinese sample, cooperation skills significantly increased more with age among the Japanese sample. However, spanking was negatively related to self-control skills development in both countries. Our findings contribute to the demonstration of the diversity of child social skills development and have important implications for assessing and developing child social skills using culture-specific strategies.

Penerapan Lesson Study pada Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia di SMA Kemala Bhayangkari Tahun Pelajaran 2021/2022

This article talks about The Implementation of Lesson Study on "Penerapan Leson study pada Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia" (Implementation of Language Error) at the subject. The purpose in this research is to describe the implementation of Indonesia lessons study. Based on the observation, there are some lesson learnt: a) the use of collaborative learning method could give space to student to make discussion, so it could increase student cooperative skill, b) there are intensive discussion on the partial group (consist of 2—4 members. It shows that implementation of lesson study could increase student cooperative

BLENDED LEARNING AS A MEANS OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The research aims to prove that the modern education system is designed to respond to the civilizational and sociotechnological challenges of the 21st century. The new content of education is based on the formation of competencies necessary for the individual’s successful self-realization in society. The COVID‑19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have become additional stimulus for the creation of new educational products, in particular for the development of the digitalization of education, and blended learning practices. In scientific studies of domestic and foreign scientists, the necessity to implement flexible innovative models of higher education, the priority of using digital teaching tools, and the growing demand for the training of modern specialists in a digital environment can be found. Accordingly, new, more complex requirements apply to future teachers' professional training, in particular primary school teachers. Objectively, the necessity to understand modern digital didactics, develop measures to support students and teachers, and new models of education are in great demand. One of the tools of such a transformation is blended learning, which has been actively developing in recent decades and ensures the orientation of the educational process to the formation of a new model of a graduate taking into account modern standards. The article, based on the study of the pedagogical possibilities of blended learning technology, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of this technology in the process of future primary school teachers’ professional training. The authors highlight the following factors: 1) students’ requests are decisive in the organization of blended learning; 2) specificity of the discipline; 3) pedagogical theories and approaches; 4) the relationship between teaching and students’ independent work. The effectiveness of the implementation of blended learning depends on the harmonious combination of digital technologies and the skill of their use. Blended learning is a qualitatively new approach that transforms the structure and content of teaching, changing the traditional roles of teachers and learners, as well as the learning environment. One of the components of blended learning is the "flipped classroom technology'' - a modern trend and an innovative way of organizing the educational process. The main advantage of the "flipped classroom" is that students acquire a number of competencies of the 21st century, such as the ability to solve problems independently, creativity, cooperation skills, and ICT literacy. Different models of the "flipped classroom" makes it possible to use a wider arsenal of forms of monitoring students' knowledge depending on the given tasks. A study on the technology of blended learning proved that this method contributes to the formation of students' learning abilities, and increases future teachers’ satisfaction and motivation. The analysis of research data proved that the technology is highly appreciated by teachers, provided there is an appropriate level of technical and pedagogical training and proper methodical materials.
 Keywords: higher education institution, future primary school teacher, professional training, information and communication technologies, digital educational environment, online learning, blended learning, blended learning models, "flipped classroom" technology.

Organization of Developmental Training in Preschool Educational Institutions

Self-realization, self-presentation is one of the most important qualities of the modern man. It is especially important to support this work in the educational process, bringing it to the centre of educators and children’s activities. One important way of doing this is to give tasks that ensure independence of thought. It is possible to ensure and monitor the development of children through classwork. The children demonstrate skills such as understanding, application, analysis, etc. at different stages of cognition. An important condition in the lesson content is the development of a humane position in children, situation selection for children, creative search, problem-solving, communication and cooperation skills in training, a reflection of self-regulation, self-awareness, reflection, selection of methods that allow children to develop cognitive activity. Methods of raising cognitive activity include comparison, analysis, generalization, question method, solution of logical tasks, research, etc.

The Diagnostics of the Development of Cooperative Skills of Future Primary School Teachers

The study has focused on the importance of implementing the main provisions of the NUS concept, which produce the educational process based on subject-subject interaction. It has been emphasised that the new paradigm of future primary school teacher training generates new ideas into educational practice based on dialogue, cooperation, co-creation, collective action, respect for each individual, the need to understand another position, etc., which are formed in the process of cooperative learning. Therefore, pedagogical higher educational establishments should provide conditions in the system of professional training for the development of students’ cooperative skills. The purpose of the study is to describe the diagnosis of the readiness of future teachers to improve cooperative skills with the help of interactive technologies in the educational process of primary school. The study applied the following methods: “Value orientations” (M. Rokych) and “Map of research of the motivational component of readiness”, questionnaires, “Map of research of the communicative component of readiness”. The authors have described the results of the study on motivational and value, cognitive, activity and communicative components of the readiness of future primary school teachers to form cooperative skills in younger students. It has been found that applicants for higher education in the second year of study are dominated by the average level of development of cooperative skills on all criteria, which aims to further improve the educational process in the lens of research. It has been emphasised that interactive technologies involve the organisation of cooperative learning, when individual tasks grow into a group, where each member of the group contributes to joint activities. The recommendations have been developed that are useful to take into account when organising the process of cooperative learning in classes at higher educational establishments

Let’s get to learn the particulate structure of matter with augmented reality!: a jigsaw IV technique lesson plan

The present study aimed to develop, introduce, and conduct an activity for the integration of augmented reality to the jigsaw IV technique in a planned and systematic manner. The activity developed for secondary school students is related to the “Pure Substances” subject which it is included in the “Particulate structure of matter” topic. The activity was arranged as; an attractive introduction, expert group studies, home team studies and assessment stages. Whereas augmented reality was used during the “home team study” stage for the jigsaw IV technique. Students are given the opportunity to examine a lot of resources during the “expert group study” and “home team study” stages to encourage them to be educated as science literate individuals. Whereas the students are subject to individual examinations during the assessment stage. This activity is an example for increasing the usage area of augmented reality in the education environment. Moreover, it is also considered that the activity will provide benefits in ensuring meaningful learning by embodying abstract concepts and helping students in improving 21st-century skills (e.g., cooperative study skills, learning to learn, communication, entrepreneurship, adaptation, leadership, social skills, and responsibility, etc.).