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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2020.18.5.043

The Effect of Learning Community Program Participation on College Students' Communication Skills and Cooperative Learning Competency  

Cho, Bo-Ram (Education Innovation Promotion Center, Kyungsung University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.18, no.5, 2020 , pp. 43-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of participation in the learning community program on the communication skills and cooperative learning capabilities of college students. To this end, in the second semester of 2018, pre and post surveys were conducted on 296 students at A University and analyzed using SPSS. The main research results are as follows. First, there was a significant difference in the participation of the learning community program in the cooperative learning capacity of college students. Second, in the analysis by sub-factors, there were significant differences before and after the program in the factors of cooperative learning competency learning participation and learning satisfaction. Third, the differences between grades showed significant differences between the 2nd and 3rd grades before and after the program. Fourth, based on the results of this study, suggestions were made for learning community program activities and follow-up studies. The results of this study analyzed the effects of learning community activities conducted at universities on the communication skills and cooperative learning capabilities of college students, and presented practical measures for the systematic operation and support of learning community activities.
Keywords
Learning community; Communication ability; Cooperative learning ability; Undergraduate student;
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