Cooperative learning at university: opinion of students and application of the instrument Cooperative Learning Questionnaire (CLQ)

Cooperative learning is one of the active teaching and learning methodologies with a growing presence in the different educational stages in recent times. The aim of this work is to apply an instrument previously validated in university education to find out to what extent the fundamental elements of cooperative learning are potentiated. The Cooperative Learning Questionnaire (CLQ) is used with a sample of 500 students at the University of Huelva (Spain). The outcomes express, on the one hand, high scores on the items that make up the different basic elements of cooperative learning, as well as high positive correlations. Moreover, psychometric analysis of the instrument results in a high reliability, organising the elements of cooperative learning into three factors. In conclusion, this methodology is confirmed to be potentiated through the study plans.

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Cooperative learning, as a popular teaching and learning methodology in different educational stages, was examined with the Cooperative Learning Questionnaire (CLQ) on 500 students at the University of Huelva. The results indicated that the fundamental elements of cooperative learning were potentiated, with high reliability, and confirmed the effectiveness of this method through study plans.