Empowering Individual Effort in Cooperative Learning

• Sheryl Kline ; Robert E Frash ; John M Stahura ^[1]
  1. [1] Purdue University

     Purdue University

     Township of Wabash, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of hospitality and tourism education, ISSN 1096-3758, Vol. 16, Nº. 4, 2004, págs. 35-43
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Cooperative learning techniques have established themselves in higher education for their ability to foster skills relevant to today's business world and to enhance learning outcomes. However, group investigation can become dysfunctional if all individuals do not give full and equal effort, that is known as social loafing. Peer evaluation has been shown to mitigate social loafing but evidence found in this research study refutes these claims. Peer evaluation had no significant effect on social loafing. Instead, certain group-influences and empowerment strategies were shown to significantly reduce social loafing.