课堂小组讨论与教学效果的实证研究

An Empirical Study of Group Discussion and Teaching Effect

课堂小组讨论的教学模式在国外高等教育中被广泛应用,我国高校也在尝试这种新的教学模式,然而对这种教学模式的教学效果一直存在争议。本文设计了实验,采用实证的方法,分别检验了课堂小组讨论对记忆性知识和理解性知识的教学效果,同时对其他可能影响教学效果的因素进行了测量,并对结果进行了分析,得出基本结论:由于东西方传统教育模式的不同,课堂小组讨论对提高学生理解性知识的掌握没有显著作用。

Group discussion as a teaching method has been practised in higher education aboard for a number of years. This new method is being tried in China＇ s higher education now. However, the teaching effect of the new method is arguable. This paper designs a teaching experiment to test the impact of the group discussion on teaching effect. It tests the impact of the group discussion on two kinds of knowledge ： memorized knowledge and understanding knowledge. It concludes that group discussion has no significant effect on students＇ understanding of knowledge.