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dc.contributor.authorMoni, Roger
dc.contributor.authorDepaz, Iris
dc.contributor.authorLluka, Lesley
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:52:11Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:52:11Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2010-07-29T07:41:36Z
dc.identifier.issn14797860
dc.identifier.doi10.3108/beej.11.9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/32793
dc.description.abstractWe report findings from a case study of co-operative, group-based assessment in Pharmacology for second-year undergraduates at The University of Queensland, Australia. Students enrolled in the 2005 Bachelor of Science and 2006 Bachelor of Pharmacy degree programs, were early users of the university's new Collaborative Teaching and Learning Centre (CTLC), a specialised social learning space. A pre-existing, traditionally taught Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) module on the topic of Drug Dependence was common to the courses for Science and Pharmacy students. We describe how this module was redesigned as part of a 3-hour, co-operative assignment weighted as 5%. Details of the co-operative learning principles, the teaching strategy and the assessment design are documented. Most students achieved high academic results: Science (2005) mean ᠓D = 79.5ᱴ.8%, n = 232; Pharmacy (2006) mean ᠓D = 83.3ᱳ.6%, n = 186. From post-task opinion surveys and focus group interviews, both student cohorts perceived that CTLC facilities and the group work helped them learn about Drug Dependence. These data confirmed that most students felt they worked co-operatively to complete the assessment. Time and understanding the new task were the main reported stressors.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHigher Education Academy
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto13
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBioscience Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume11
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode139999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode13
dc.titleStudent Perceptions of Social Learning Space: Designing and Implementing a Co-operative Assessment Task in Pharmacology
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.description.notepublicPage numbers are not for citation purposes
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMoni, Roger W.


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