Action Research On: Improving Participationof Group Members in Group Work, in Case of Mathematics Department, Bule Hora University

Kumera Takele Yadeta

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Action Research On: Improving Participationof Group Members in Group Work, in Case of Mathematics Department, Bule Hora University

Kumera Takele Yadeta

Received: 13 June 2020 Accepted: 23 June 2020 Published: 10 August 2020

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Abstract

Group work is defined by as a cooperative process that allows people to achieve extraordinary results also explain that a group has a common goal or purpose where group members can develop effective, mutual relationships to achieve team goals. The problem identified is less participation of members of the groups is the common problem observed in section Mathematics students at Bule Hora University. Thus, the researchers were motivated to conduct this study to recognize root causes of real problem and to give immediate curative solutions. The objective of this study is to identify problems that lead to poor participation of group members in group work. And to identify poorly participating individuals from the group. The role of effective uses of group activities as a teaching method can promote the students learning experience and help teachers’ to introduce and implement new teaching techniques. We believe that the level of students’ participation in group will be strengthened if they are evaluated on the basis of individual contribution to all courses than in a single course alone as well as by circulating the group leader and random assigning of the presenters.

DOI	10.11648/j.ml.20200602.11
Published in	Mathematics Letters (Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2020)
Page(s)	6-12
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Co-operative Learning, Collaborative Learning, Group, Group Work

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Kumera Takele Yadeta

Department of Mathematics, Bule Hora University, College of Natural and Computational Science, Bule Hora, Ethiopia

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