Exploring the Learning Effectiveness of Students with Different Free Choice Cooperative Learning Values: Taking Example of how Operating Optical Time-Domain Reflect Meter Tackle the Optical Fiber Circuit Measurement Problem

Abstract:

This research is aimed at exploring the learning effectiveness of students with different free choice cooperative learning values. And to understand the learning condition of students who operate Optical Time-Domain Reflect meter to tackle the optical fiber circuit measurement. The research findings showed that : (A) Students in the high-scoring and low-scoring group with free choice cooperative learning value created a prominent difference of learning effectiveness on how they operated OTDR to tackle the optical fiber circuit measurement problem in the learning situation of free choice cooperative learning;(B) students in the high-scoring group with free choice cooperative learning value produced a discussion content with more advanced operation skills in free choice cooperative learning situation. It manifests that there is a prominent difference of the active learning effectiveness on students in high-scoring group (cooperative sharing category) with free choice cooperative learning value compared to students in low-scoring group (individual competitive category) due to the free choice cooperative learning situation, and the content of discussion on advanced operation skill also reached a prominent difference.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 239-240)
• Pages: 1628-1632
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.239-240.1628
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Chih Yung Juan, Ching Yang Chou, Huann Shyang Lin
• Keywords: Cooperative Routing Table, Optical Fiber Circuit Measurement Problem, Optical Time-Domain Reflect Meter (OTDR)

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