Peer-Assisted Learning in the Safety Education course of College Students to Enhance Achievement, Cooperative ability and Satisfaction

Abstract

This study aimed (1) to explore applying Peer-Assisted Learning method in the safety education course of college students to enhance college students' learning achievement of physics majors in Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities. (2) to explore applying Peer-Assisted Learning method in the safety education course of college students to enhance college students' cooperative ability of physics majors in Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities. (3) to explore applying Peer-Assisted Learning method in the safety education course of college students to enhance college students' learning satisfaction of physics majors in Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities. The research sample are 30 students in Physics class 1, College of Mathematics, Physics and Electronic Information Engineering of Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities, and they were taught Peer-Assisted Learning method. The data of this research comes from a test paper for pre-test and post-test, a pre-test and post-test questionnaire, and interview results. Input the test data into SPSS for descriptive statistics and data analysis; input the questionnaire data into SPSS for data analysis.

The findings revealed that: (1) the results of post-test are significantly higher than the results of the pre-test. peer-assisted learning can effectively improve the learning achievement of the safety education course of college students. (2) the mean score of each dimension has improved, and the cooperative ability has developed from a medium level to a high level. peer-assisted learning improves college students' cooperative ability in the safety education course of college students. (3) The mean score of each dimension has improved, and the learning satisfaction has developed from average effect to very good effect. peer-assisted learning improves college students' learning satisfaction in the safety education course of college students.

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