Implementing cooperative learning in college confers lots of advantages in academic area. The active exchange of ideas within small groups improves the skills of problem-solving (Laal et al., 2013) and promotes critical thinking (Gokhale, 1995 cited in Laal & Laal, 2012). This kind of exchanging ideas will not happen if the students learn or work in solving a problem on their own. Only by having students working cooperatively will let them exchange ideas each other and therefore enrich their knowledge. The increasing of students’ competence affects directly on their academic achievement. As Johnson et al. (1981) argues that cooperative learning is superior to individualistic efforts in relation with students’ achievement and productivity. Furthermore, over 168 studies conducted between 1924 and 1997, comparing the relative efficacy of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning on the achievement of individuals 18 years or older indicate that cooperative learning promotes higher individual achievement than do competitive or individualistic approaches (Johnson et al.,
Implementing cooperative learning in college confers lots of advantages in academic area. The active exchange of ideas within small groups improves the skills of problem-solving (Laal et al., 2013) and promotes critical thinking (Gokhale, 1995 cited in Laal & Laal, 2012). This kind of exchanging ideas will not happen if the students learn or work in solving a problem on their own. Only by having students working cooperatively will let them exchange ideas each other and therefore enrich their knowledge. The increasing of students’ competence affects directly on their academic achievement. As Johnson et al. (1981) argues that cooperative learning is superior to individualistic efforts in relation with students’ achievement and productivity. Furthermore, over 168 studies conducted between 1924 and 1997, comparing the relative efficacy of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning on the achievement of individuals 18 years or older indicate that cooperative learning promotes higher individual achievement than do competitive or individualistic approaches (Johnson et al.,