IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ LEARNING VIA GROUP WORKING AND TUTORING
IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ LEARNING VIA GROUP WORKING AND TUTORING

Author(s): Alla Gembaruk, Svitlana Derkach
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Educational Psychology, Pedagogy
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: group working; team learning; cooperative learning; active learning; interactive learning;
Summary/Abstract: This study aims to provide a clear understanding of group working in the classroom for implementation of active learning methods has become of great need especially group working as an effective method to encourage and motivate students while learning in the classroom. In fact, working in groups has been considered to prove better inspiration, motivation, engagement and effectiveness of learning activities of students. The article highlights scientific findings of researchers on the issue and reveals practical experience of student group working. It can thus be conceivably hypothesized that all profits and benefits of group work in English classes can potentially contribute to qualitative students’ outcomes. It was discovered that working in groups is strikingly different from the conventional one as cooperation is a complete challenge and creates positive interdependence in team work. Moreover, participants turn out to be responsible for each other’s success. Concurrently, such new approach focuses on task and maintenance roles and outcomes. On reflecting the changes and new approaches in student’s learning that have been used, it’s worth saying that group learning stimulates student’s critical thinking, everyone is involved in debating, discussing, clarifying their statements and concepts being considered in the class. Our class sessions showed and assumed that the students being tutored not only learned more than they did without tutoring, they also developed a more positive attitude about what they were studying. In addition, the tutors learned more than students who did not tutor. The observed improvement in students learning can be interpreted as being a result of group work and peer tutoring.

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