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KMID : 1020220120120050849
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2012 Volume.12 No. 5 p.849 ~ p.859
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Effect of reflective journaling in team learning on the learning motivation of learners
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Park In-Suk
Kim Mi-Jeong
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the educational effects of team learning by having learners keep a journal to record, check and reflect on their own learning. It`s basically meant to investigate the effects of team learning on learning motivation and academic achievements to provide some information on teaching-learning strategy setting tailored to learner characteristics.
Methods: The subjects in this study were 49 college sophomores. After they were divided into an experimental group and a control group, the experimental group of 24 students engaged in team learning from March to June, 2012, and that group was asked to keep a reflective journal every week to determine whether writing a reflective journal in every session served to boost their learning motivation and academic achievement or not.
Results: 1. After the experimental group kept a reflective journal, that group underwent a significant change in learning motivation from a mean of 3.34 in the pretest to a mean of 4.01 in the posttest(p<0.05). The experimental group showed a more positive improvement than the control group. 2. After the experimental group kept a reflective journal, they underwent a significant change in academic achievement from 22.7 in the pretest to 23.5 in the posttest(p<0.05). The control group showed no significant improvement in academic achievement.
Conclusions: The findings of the study illustrated that keeping a reflective journal had a positive impact on the learning motivation of the learners, and the findings of the study are expected to lay the foundation for future research in new teaching methods for the department of dental hygiene. key words: academic achievement, learning motivation, reflection Journal, team-Learning
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KEYWORD
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academic achievement, learning motivation, reflection Journal, team-Learning
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