| dc.description.abstract | Cooperative learning is one of the widely-used methods by educators that can also
be adapted in an online setting. Assessing students' attitude towards cooperative learning
is fundamental to achieve the success of learning and teaching activities. A number of
studies have investigated cooperative learning in online classes. However, there are still
limited studies examining students' attitude toward online cooperative learning in the EFL
context and English Language Education (ELE) field. Therefore, this study attempts to
investigate English Language Education students' attitudes towards online cooperative
learning. This study employed a quantitative study in the form of a survey. One hundred
and seventy two students at one of the universities at Yogyakarta participated in the study
by completing an online cooperative learning application scale questionnaire (OCLAS)
adopted from Korkmaz (2012). Seventeen questions were divided into two aspects (i.e.,
positive attitude and negative attitude). The data were analysed by using SPSS and
Microsoft Excell. The overall results of this study indicated that English language
Education Students tend to have positive attitude with the highest mean score (M=3.65). It
can be seen from the highest result that students enjoyed experiencing online cooperative
learning by using online cooperative learning applications. Students also showed
disagreement on negative statements which implied positivity. However, in terms of
negative aspects with mean score (M=2.52), students stated that they were psychologically
tired in doing cooperative learning. This study, therefore, is hoped to contribute to a deeper
understanding of online cooperative learning and help the lecturers to work and improve
in conducting online cooperative learning. | en_US |
