Cooperative leaning techniques have their own unique advantages for the teacher and the students. This paper is to discuss the English teaching model of cooperative learning in the network environment in higher vocational education based on theory of cooperative learning and theory of computerassisted cooperative learning. First, it introduces the characteristics of the computer-assisted cooper...

The main purpose of this study was to introduce how a college English teacher conducted cooperative learning techniques and compared them with the traditional teaching methods. In this study the teacher as a researcher employed cooperative learning strategies: Students Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD). Jigsaw II, Number Head Together, and Learning Together (LT). The researcher employed a qual...

Web-based cooperative learning focuses on (1) the interaction and the collaboration of community members, and (2) the sharing and the distribution of knowledge and expertise by network technology to enhance learning performance. Numerous research literatures related to web-based cooperative learning have demonstrated that cooperative scripts have a positive impact to specify, sequence, and assi...

Educators in medical schools around the world are presently experimenting with innovative ways of using web-based learning to supplement the existing teaching and learning process. We have recently used a popular open-source course management system (CMS) called the modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment (Moodle) to construct an online site (DPhysiol) to facilitate our face-to-fac...

Speaking is deemed by many scholars as a fundamental skill in second language (L2) learning. From the myriad of factors playing a role in willingness to communicate (WTC) in a foreign language, communication apprehension and self-perceived competence have attracted a good deal of interest in recent decades. Furthermore, it is generally agreed that cooperative teaching can enhance learners' ling...