The Effect of Cooperative Teaching on Student’s Group Cohesion: The Mediator Role of Cooperation Approaches

Subject Areas : Educational

مهدی محمدی ¹ , رحمت اله مرزوقی ² , رضا ناصری جهرمی ³ , مریم درفشان ⁴ , زینب مختاری ⁵

1 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشکدۀ علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی دانشگاه شیراز
2 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشکدۀ علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی دانشگاه شیراز
3 - دانشجوی دکتری برنامه‌ریزی درسی دانشگاه شیراز
4 - دانشجوی دکتری روان‌شناسی تربیتی دانشگاه شیراز
5 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد آموزش و بهسازی منابع انسانی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: cooperation approaches, Group Cohesion, cooperative teaching, Students,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of cooperative teaching on students’ group cohesion mediating the role of cooperation approaches in teaching-learning processes. The research method was correlational and the population was all undergraduates majoring in English translation as a foreign language in Bandar Abbas and Marvdasht Azad Islamic University in 2004 the academic year 2013-14. Research instruments were Group Environment Questionnaire (Carron, et al., 1985) and Cooperation Approaches Questionnaire (Triandis et al., 1994). Data were analyzed using path analysis technique and multivariable regression analysis. The results showed that cooperative teaching is a significant positive predictor of students’ group cohesion (R2=0.49, P < 0.001). Also, it was a significantly positive predictor of students’ individualism and collectivism approaches, as well (R2=0.33, P < 0.001). The students’ individualism and collectivism approaches were significantly positive predictors of students’ group cohesion (R2= 0.51, P < 0.001).

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