Reflections of Collaborative Learning

Student-Team- Achievement-Divisions (STAD)

T. Sandhya Kumari, Phase-2, Fall 1.3

1. Introduction:
Collaborative learning activity allows the student to interact with other students during
their learning process. The students improve their communication skills through
discussions, develop creative thinking and solve the given task in a team. This type of
activity motivates the student to learn the concept easily rather than the traditional
class teaching. Collaborative learning is one of the innovative methodologies that can be
adopted to make the regular class more students centric. It meets the learning styles of
21st millennium learners. Collaborative learning includes activities such as:
 Student-Team-Achievement-Divisions (STAD)
 Teams-Games-Tournament(TGT)
 Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI)
 JIGSAW
 Group Problem Solving
 Team Based Learning
 Case Study
 Fish Bowl Debate
 Learning Together and etc.
2. Activity Implementation:
I have implemented Student-Team-Achievement-Divisions (STAD) Collaboration activity
to students in my recent class after proper planning to conduct the activity for the
course, topic and objective as:
Course: Linear IC Applications Class: III-I ECE-C
Topic: Active Filters Activity Chosen: STAD
Concept:
1. Frequency Response characteristics of Butterworth filters.
2. Analysis of Low pass and High pass filters.
3. Design of first order & second order low pass & high pass filters.
Objective:
At the end of this activity, students will be able to:
 Explain the response characteristics of Butterworth low-pass, high-pass, band-
pass and band reject filters.
 Examine the response characteristics of low pass & high pass filters.
 Apply the steps to design first order & second order low pass &high pass filters.

As per my plan to conduct the activity, the following are the steps I have implemented:
 Content is delivered to the students for 2 sessions.
 Objective of the activity is explained to the students and the teams were formed
in 1 session.
 Conducted the activity for 4 sessions where the students in team go through the
concrete material provided, use the web sources, discuss and solve the given
task.
 Conducted test to the individual in team to solve the given task for 1 session.
 Conducted group quiz to assess the team for 1 session.

The total time taken to complete the activity is:

Content Delivery: 2 sessions.
Form teams: 1 session.
Collaborative learning activity: 4 sessions
Assessment: 2 sessions
 Individual problem solving- 1 session
 Team quiz - 1 session.
Total Time: 9 sessions (with 1 session = 50 min)

2.1 Content Delivery:

Before conducting the activity, the educator is required to provide the necessary
content to the students. For this, I have taken 2 sessions to explain the basic concepts of
 Differences between active and passive filters : 10 min
 Frequency response characteristics of Butterworth filters : 20 min
 Fundamentals on the design of first order filter : 20 min
 Fundamentals on the design of second order active filters :20 min
 Concrete material to refer: 30 min.
 2.2 Interaction session:

Discussed the benefits of Collaborative learning activity to students and motivated them
to participate actively. Explained the outcomes of the activity and the students were
asked to take the quiz on learning styles to form teams.

2.2.1. Formation of teams:

Forming teams is an important task for the success of the activity. Students learn
differently. The students with same learning style can perform well in a team but the
students with different learning styles would perform better especially for problem
solving tasks. So, I thought that the activity would be success if the team contains
students with different learning styles. The strategy I followed to form teams are as
follows:
2.2.2. Strategy followed:
Asked the students to take the quiz on learning styles created by Felder using the link
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSpage.html
Identified the learning style of each student (Active/Reflective, Sensing/ Intuitive,
Verbal/Visual and Sequential/Global learners) and formed the teams with team size of 4
members comprising one strong sequential learner, one strong global learner and the
remaining two members were formed based on active/reflective, sensing/intuitive,
verbal/visual learners sequence. The survey report of the students after taking the test
on learning styles is given in Annexure-1.The table representing the learning styles of
the students and the teams formed is as follows:

Table-1: Students learning styles & Teams Formation:

Name of the Team

S.No Regd. No. student Active Reflective Sensing Intuitive Visual Verbal Sequential Global No.
P. Rishita
1 16NM1A04C1 Jaya 1 7 7 3 G1
Pulaka
2 16NM1A04C2 Sailaja 1 7 11 3 A2
R.Vigna
3 16NM1A04C3 Vigneshwari 3 1 5 1 P2
Rama Harika
4 16NM1A04C4 Dubasi 3 1 1 3 H1
Rambhatla
5 16NM1A04C5 Chinmayi 3 5 7 3 B2
Rapaka
6 16NM1A04C6 Ramyasri 1 1 3 3 I1
Reddi Divya
7 16NM1A04C7 Sai 3 3 3 3 J1
 Rompalli
8 16NM1A04C8 Keerthi 1 5 9 1 A3
Rongali Sai
9 16NM1A04C9 Poojitha 7 1 1 3 K1
Roopashree
10 16NM1A04D0 P 5 3 9 3 C2
Sanapathi
11 16NM1A04D1 Sirisha 5 3 9 3 D2
S. Chandana
12 16NM1A04D2 Priyanka 1 1 3 1 A4
Saragada
13 16NM1A04D3 Daisy Angel 3 3 3 1 B3
S. Hemanth
14 16NM1A04D4 Sandhya 3 1 9 3 L1
Siyadri
15 16NM1A04D5 Navya Sudha 3 1 1 3 E2
Somala
Maha
16 16NM1A04D6 Lakshmi 1 1 3 5 F2
Sravani
Kumari
17 16NM1A04D7 Savithini 1 3 5 3 M1
Sushmita
18 16NM1A04D8 Mondal 1 1 7 3 N1
Swamy
19 16NM1A04D9 Vasupradha 7 5 3 1 B4
Talapureddy
20 16NM1A04E0 Ponny 3 1 1 3 O1
Tatisetty
21 16NM1A04E1 Alekhya 9 9 11 5 G2
Telakarapu
22 16NM1A04E2 Jayasri 3 5 1 1 C3
Thadi
23 16NM1A04E3 Sunitha 1 1 5 9 H2
Thamma Sai
24 16NM1A04E4 Harshitha 1 5 3 5 I2
Thoota
25 16NM1A04E5 Keerthana 3 7 9 5 J2
26 16NM1A04E6 Thota Sirisha 5 3 9 7 K2
T. Jyothsna
27 16NM1A04E7 Prasanthi 5 5 3 1 C4
Tippala
Vasudha
28 16NM1A04E8 Reddy 3 1 5 1 D3
V. Naga Sai
29 16NM1A04E9 Sandeepthy 7 1 7 1 D4
Vankayala
30 16NM1A04F0 Mounika 3 5 7 3 P1
31 16NM1A04F1 V. Navya 7 1 3 3 E3
 Priya Harini
V. Joshana
32 16NM1A04F2 Rajeswari 3 1 1 7 A1
Vasamsetti
33 16NM1A04F3 Haritha 3 5 7 3 E4
Vasamsetti
34 16NM1A04F4 Sindhuja 3 3 3 5 B1
Vasupilli
35 16NM1A04F5 Manju 1 3 9 3 L2
Vechalapu
36 16NM1A04F6 Roshini 3 3 7 1 F3
Vegesna
37 16NM1A04F7 Pujitha 1 1 7 3 F4
38 16NM1A04F8 Vegi Hema 1 1 3 1 G3
Vennala
39 16NM1A04F9 Poornima 5 5 9 9 G4
Vepada
40 16NM1A04G0 Harika 1 3 7 5 M2
Vericharla
41 16NM1A04G1 Sanjana 5 5 9 3 H3
Vinakota
42 16NM1A04G2 Varnika 1 3 9 3 N2
Vooda Sai
43 16NM1A04G3 Sowjanya 1 1 7 1 H4
G. Damini
44 16NM1A04G4 Priya 3 1 9 5 D1
Sridevi
Priyadarshini
45 16NM1A04G5 Kolli 3 5 7 1 I3
Neelapu
Reshma
46 16NM1A04G6 Reddy 7 1 7 3 I4
Moka Sai
47 15NM1A0477 Lakshmi 5 1 11 3 J3
Gudivada
48 17NM5A0414 Srisailalitha 1 3 5 3 J4
Illapu Dhana
49 17NM5A0415 Lakshmi 1 1 5 3 K3
Kambala
50 17NM5A0416 Santhi Priya 3 3 3 3 K4
Karanam
51 17NM5A0417 Sravani 3 1 9 1 L3
Karusodhi
52 17NM5A0418 Sailaja 7 7 3 1 L4
Kolli Vakula
53 17NM5A0419 Devi 1 7 5 3 M3
Malla Adi
54 17NM5A0420 Lakshmi 5 3 3 1 M4
55 17NM5A0421 Miriappalli 1 3 9 1 N3
 Lavanya
Pappu
Kusuma
56 17NM5A0422 Kumari 9 1 9 7 E1
Perla
57 17NM5A0423 Rajeswari 5 1 9 1 N4
Ponnana
58 17NM5A0424 Lalitha 1 3 9 1 O3
Sarvasiddi
59 17NM5A0426 Ramya 3 1 7 1 O4
60 17NM5A0427 Shaik Firdos 7 5 5 1 P3
Sikha
61 17NM5A0428 Hemasree 1 7 5 3 P4
Syed
Nayeema
62 17NM5A0429 Kousar 7 1 1 3 C1
Tumpala
63 17NM5A0430 Lavanya 1 1 1 5 F1
Veerlapati
64 17NM5A0431 Tanuja 3 3 1 5 O2

Totally 16 teams were formed with Team names assigned as

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O & P respectively. The first member in the team is
appointed as leader and the responsibility of the leader to make the team actively
participate is explained. Table 2 represents the teams with their respective team names.

Table-2: Student Teams

S.NO Regd. No. Name of the student Team No.
1 16NM1A04F2 V. Joshana Rajeswari (Leader)
2 16NM1A04C2 Pulaka Sailaja
A
3 16NM1A04C8 Rompalli Keerthi
4 16NM1A04D2 S. Chandana Priyanka
5 16NM1A04F4 Vasamsetti Sindhuja(Leader)
6 16NM1A04C5 Rambhatla Chinmayi
B
7 16NM1A04D3 Saragada Daisy Angel
8 16NM1A04D9 Swamy Vasupradha
9 17NM5A0429 Syed Nayeema Kousar(Leader)
10 16NM1A04D0 Roopashree P
C
11 16NM1A04E2 Telakarapu Jayasri
12 16NM1A04E7 T. Jyothsna Prasanthi
13 16NM1A04G4 G. Damini Priya (Leader)
14 16NM1A04D1 Sanapathi Sirisha D
15 16NM1A04E8 Tippala Vasudha Reddy
16 16NM1A04E9 V. Naga Sai Sandeepthy
17 17NM5A0422 Pappu Kusuma Kumari(Leader)
18 16NM1A04D5 Siyadri Navya Sudha
E
19 16NM1A04F1 V. Navya Priya Harini
20 16NM1A04F3 Vasamsetti Haritha
21 17NM5A0430 Tumpala Lavanya(Leader)
22 16NM1A04D6 Somala Maha Lakshmi
F
23 16NM1A04F6 Vechalapu Roshini
24 16NM1A04F7 Vegesna Pujitha
25 16NM1A04C1 Pratti Rishita Jaya (Leader)
26 16NM1A04E1 Tatisetty Alekhya
G
27 16NM1A04F8 Vegi Hema
28 16NM1A04F9 Vennala Poornima
29 16NM1A04C4 Rama Harika Dubasi (Leader)
30 16NM1A04E3 Thadi Sunitha
H
31 16NM1A04G1 Vericharla Sanjana
32 16NM1A04G3 Vooda Sai Sowjanya
33 16NM1A04C6 Rapaka Ramyasri (Leader)
34 16NM1A04E4 Thamma Sai Harshitha
I
35 16NM1A04G5 Sridevi Priyadarshini Kolli
36 16NM1A04G6 Neelapu Reshma Reddy
37 16NM1A04C7 Reddi Divya Sai(Leader)
38 16NM1A04E5 Thoota Keerthana
J
39 15NM1A0477 Moka Sai Lakshmi
40 17NM5A0414 Gudivada Srisailalitha
41 16NM1A04C9 Rongali Sai Poojitha(Leader)
42 16NM1A04E6 Thota Sirisha
K
43 17NM5A0415 Illapu Dhana Lakshmi
44 17NM5A0416 Kambala Santhi Priya
45 16NM1A04D4 S. Hemanth Sandhya(Leader)
46 16NM1A04F5 Vasupilli Manju
L
47 17NM5A0417 Karanam Sravani
48 17NM5A0418 Karusodhi Sailaja
49 16NM1A04D7 Sravani Kumari Savithini(Leader)
50 16NM1A04G0 Vepada Harika
M
51 17NM5A0419 Kolli Vakula Devi
52 17NM5A0420 Malla Adi Lakshmi
53 16NM1A04D8 Sushmita Mondal (Leader)
54 16NM1A04G2 Vinakota Varnika N
55 17NM5A0421 Miriappalli Lavanya
56 17NM5A0423 Perla Rajeswari
57 16NM1A04E0 Talapureddy Ponny(Leader)
58 17NM5A0431 Veerlapati Tanuja
O
59 17NM5A0424 Ponnana Lalitha
60 17NM5A0426 Sarvasiddi Ramya
61 16NM1A04F0 Vankayala Mounika(Leader)
62 16NM1A04C3 Raja Vigna Vigneshwari
P
63 17NM5A0427 Shaik Firdos
64 17NM5A0428 Sikha Hemasree

2.3 Activity:

The following is the description on how I have implemented the activity in my class:

 For the first 2 sessions, I asked the students to refer the material given to them,
memorize the fundamental content delivered, refer prescribed text books or web
sources and asked them to discuss and learn the differences between active &
passive filters, types of filters, first order filter analysis & design in a team.
 For the next 2 sessions, I continued the activity by asking the students to learn
the second order filter analysis & design steps by referring the sources available.

During the activity, the student involvement in the discussion, interest in learning the
concept, team work & individual performance is observed. The following are the points
observed during the implementation of activity:

 Some members in the team were not active during discussion.

 I formed 4 members in a team, but observed that they again split into two and
were discussing.
 Observed that visual learners felt difficulty.
 Observed dead lock

2.4 Steps taken to keep discussion going on & motivate the non-participating
members:

 Counseled and motivated the non-participating students to participate.

 Explained the outcome of the activity.
 Explained the significance of team work.

2.5 Assessment:
The summative assessment for the team is done by conducting team quiz for 1 session.
4 questions were asked to each team. For summative individual assessment, 4 design
problems were asked to solve by the individual in the team and were assessed.

2.5.1. Rubrics for formative assessment:

The rubrics for individual formative assessment and team formative assessment are
given in Table 4 and Table 5 as:

Table-4: Rubrics for Individual formative assessment

Criteria Ratings Points

Very Good Poor
Good
Refer the recommended material 1 0.5 0 1
Proper time utilization 1 0.5 0 1
Recording points 1 0.5 0 1
Total Points 03

Table-5: Rubrics for Collective formative assessment

Criteria Ratings Points

Very Good Poor
Good
Participation in the team 1 0.5 0 1
Resolving Deadlock 2 1 0.5 2
Maintain good learning environment 1 0.5 0 1
Total Points 04
3. Student Score:
The table-6 representing the scores of the student is shown as:

24
19.5
24
27
22
25
25
23
21
21
19
19
24
24
24
21
27
27
27
27
25
25
23
25
27
27
27
27
22
25
20
25
24
27
25
 21
24
27
27
27
27
25
30
27
27
24
22
24
24
21
22
27
30
27
27
24
28
28
28
26
25.5
22.5
24
22