Wang Yanming

Notice of Retraction Group learning for different major undergraduate students in public selective course

The purpose of this paper is to explore how university students can develop knowledge in small task-based groups. We take the undergraduate students from different major into several learning group in our public selective course, for each group there is a specific project according to their major and knowledge. The findings show that university students working together in small groups can adopt one of three major learning patterns: individual-led, group-led or individual-group hybrid-led. Moreover, the results indicate that the group-led framework seems to create a supportive environment for knowledge building. Nevertheless, university students showed a need for teacher support to enable them to focus on criterion-referenced reflection to regulate their learning.