Group-based competitions in peer instruction method: New insights on student performance, group cooperation, class size and use of clickers

Authors

  • Ranzivelle Marianne Roxas National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Sheryl Lyn Carreon-Monterola College of Education, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Christopher Monterola National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

Competition and group cooperation are two driving forces that affect student performance in a class. Here, we investigate the effect of between-group competition on within-group cooperation and on student performance in various settings (small/large classes; using clickers). We demonstrate that in a competition-driven class, the average performance of students is significantly higher compared to a no-motivation condition. The standard deviation of second assessment scores of students within a group is also low for competition-driven interaction indicating group cohesiveness and cooperation. Furthermore, the effectiveness of group-based competition is independent of the number of competing groups in a class. It also works even with the use of clickers.

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Article ID

SPP-2009-1C-01

Section

Physics Education

Published

2009-10-28

How to Cite

[1]
RM Roxas, SL Carreon-Monterola, and C Monterola, Group-based competitions in peer instruction method: New insights on student performance, group cooperation, class size and use of clickers, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 27, SPP-2009-1C-01 (2009). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2009-1C-01.