Title: Cooperative learning: a methodological answer to instructional design based on competences in the university environment

Authors: Rosa Maria Pons Parra, Jose Manuel Serrano Gonzalez-Tejero, Clotilde Lomeli Agruel, Victor Manuel Alcantar Enriquez, Dolores Graciela Cordero Arroyo, Edna Luna Serrano, Salvador Ponce Ceballos, Ruben Roa Quinonez, Tiburcio Moreno Olivos

Addresses: Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, Campus Universitario de Espinardo s/n, Murcia 30071, Spain. ' Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, Campus Universitario de Espinardo s/n, Murcia 30071, Spain. ' Facultad de Pedagogia e Innovacion Educativa, UABC, Av. Monclova y Rio Mocorito s/n, Col. Ex Ejido Coahuila, Mexicali, B.C., C.P. 21360, Mexico. ' Edificio de Rectoria, Av. Alvaro Obregon y Julian Carrillo, s/n, Col. Nueva, Mexicali, B.C., 21100, Mexico. ' Instituto de Investigacion y Desarrollo, Educativo, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Km. 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., 22830, Mexico. ' Instituto de Investigacion y Desarrollo, Educativo, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Km. 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., 22830, Mexico. ' Facultad de Pedagogia e Innovacion Educativa, UABC, Av. Monclova y Rio Mocorito s/n, Col. Ex Ejido Coahuila, Mexicali, B.C., C.P. 21360, Mexico. ' Blvd. Universitario #1000, Unidad Valle las Palmas, Vicerrectoria Tijuana, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico. ' Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carretera Pachuca-Actopan Km. 4, Pachuca, Hidalgo 42160, Mexico

Abstract: The authors of the present study devise a teacher training programme in methods of cooperative learning, that on the base of a cooperative methodology maximise the quantity and quality of the communicative transactions that are produced along the teaching and learning process, built upon the foundation of interactivity. Using a system of interactive categories, they perform an internal analysis of the parameter of mutuality to come to the conclusion that the effects of this parameter on academic achievement are conditioned by their interaction with the structure of the goals of the students.

Keywords: competencies information; cooperative goal structure; cooperative learning; instructional design; mutuality; teacher training; higher education; universities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIOME.2010.033546

International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education, 2010 Vol.3 No.3, pp.202 - 223

Published online: 04 Jun 2010 *

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