Cooperative Learning in Introductory Information Systems: Effectiveness and Efficiency at the Individual Level Preliminary Results

This paper presents the preliminary results from an experiment investigating the efficacy of cooperative learning on individual students in an introduction to information systems class. Statistical analysis of the experimental data indicates that cooperative learning did not have a positive effect on individual student learning or the efficiency with which an individual student learns. These results are in contrast to individual learning outcomes associated with cooperative techniques reported in the general literature on cooperative learning.