Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Secondary school students’ outcomes and perceptions

11th International Scientific Conference Technics, Informatics and Education – TIE 2026, (pp. 78-82)

 

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Nataša Simić , Batuhan Sayis and Zagorka Prce Veseli

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46793/TIE26.078S

САЖЕТАК /ABSTRACT:

Educational policies emphasize the importance of developing students’ digital and social competences. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) offers one approach to addressing this need. Within the Erasmus+ KA2 Co-CREATE project, teachers, secondary school students, and experts in education and psychology collaboratively developed CSCL lesson plans aligned with national Computer Science and Informatics (CS) curricula. The lessons were implemented via an open e-learning platform and tested in authentic settings. In total, 80 secondary school students from Croatia, Serbia and Spain (Mage = 15.46) who subsequently participated in CSCL-based classes completed the questionnaire in the pre-test phase, while 69 completed it in the post-test phase. In the control group, 82 students who subsequently attended traditional instruction covering the same content completed the questionnaire in the pre-test phase, and 60 completed it in the post-test phase. Questionnaires measured motivation for learning CS (grounded in Expectancy-Value Theory), engagement, and social skills. Experimental and control groups differed significantly at the post-test on Intrinsic value (t(127) = 2.633, p =.01, d = .46) and Cost (t(127) = -2.266, p = .03, d = -.40), indicating that intrinsic motivation became higher, while perception of the cost of studying CS decreased in the CSCL groups. Despite limitations related to attrition, single-item measures, and the inability to match data at the individual level, we conclude that CSCL has the potential to enhance students’ interest and enjoyment

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS: 

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL); motivation; Expectancy–Value Theory; secondary school students; quasi-experimental study

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