Collaborative Problem Solving in PISA Science by Pedagogical College Students

The article presents pilot research in psychology and pedagogy that studies the relationship of collaborative way of problem solving by college students with the effectiveness of solving PISA science problems. The study involved 39 female students of the 1st year of the Pedagogical College (primary school teachers) in the Lipetsk region aged from 16 to 17 years (M=16.1; SD=0.5). The questionnaire of V.I. Morosanova “Style of self-regulation of behavior SSP-98”, the questionnaire of the direction of learning motivation of T.D. Dubovitskaya were used. The ascertaining experiment was conducted included three series of problem solving (individual, collaborative in groups of three, individual). The results show that in the experimental group, in which the stage of collaborative solving of PISA 2015 science problems were conducted, students of the Pedagogical College solved the final individual PISA 2006 science problems better than in the control group, in which a joint stage was not held.

1. Veggetti S. Sotrudnichestvo i kommunikatsiya v gruppakh. V.V. Rubtsov [Cooperation and Communication in Groups. V.V. Rubtsov] [Elektronnyi resurs]. Kul’turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2018. Vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 22–24. doi:10.17759/chp.2018140403 (In Russ.).
2. Vygotsky L.S. Sobranie sochinenii: V 6 t. T. 3: Problemy razvitiya psikhiki. Moscow: Pedagogika, 1983. 368 p. (In Russ.).
3. Getman A.V., Kersha Y.D., Kosaretsky S.G. Motivatsiya uchashchikhsya k izucheniyu estestvennykh nauk: mezhstranovoi analiz vzaimosvyazi s urovnem estestvenno-nauchnoi gramotnosti [Students’ Science Motivation: A Cross- Country Analysis of the Relationship with the Science Literacy Level]. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2020, Vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 77–87. doi:10.17759/pse.2020250607 (In Russ.).
4. Glazunova O.I., Gromyko Yu.V. O dvukh podkhodakh k diagnostike vzaimodeistvii v sovmestnoi rabote: ot otsenki vzaimodeistvii v monitoringovykh issledovaniyakh PISA k deyatel’nostnomu analizu sotrudnichestva v proektnykh komandakh [Two Approaches to Assessing Interactions in Cooperative Work: From PISA Monitoring Studies to Activity-Based Analysis of Collaboration in Project Teams] [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2019. Vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 58–70. doi:10.17759/pse.2019240506 (In Russ.).
5. Demidova M.Yu., Kovaleva G.S. Estestvenno-nauchnaya podgotovka shkol’nikov: po rezul’tatam mezhdunarodnogo issledovaniya PISA. Narodnoe obrazovanie = Public Education, 2011, no. 5, pp. 157–165. (In Russ.).
6. Dubovitskaya T.D. Metodika diagnostiki napravlennosti uchebnoi motivatsii [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2002. Vol. 7, no. 2, pp 42–45. URL: https://psyjournals.ru/journals/pse/archive/2002_n2/Dubovitskaja (Accessed 03.07.2023). (In Russ.).
7. Kotlyar I.A., Safronova M.A. Razrabotka gruppovoi metodiki izucheniya stanovleniya produktivnogo deistviya [Developing a Group Method Studying Productive Action's Formation] [Elektronnyi resurs]. Kul’turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2007. Vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 52–60. URL: https://psyjournals.ru/journals/chp/archive/2007_n3/Korepanova_Safronova (Accessed 03.07.2023). (In Russ.).
8. Kotlyar I.A., Safronova M.A. Tri ponyatiya o real’nosti detskogo razvitiya: obuchaemost’, zona blizhaishego razvitiya i scaffolding [Three Concepts Reflecting the Reality of Child Development: Ability to learn, Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding] [Elektronnyi resurs]. Kul’turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2011. Vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 74–83. URL: https://psyjournals.ru/journals/chp/archive/2011_n2/44482 (Accessed 03.07.2023). (In Russ.).
9. Morosanova V.I. Individual’nyi stil’ samoregulyatsii: fenomen, struktura i funktsii v proizvol’noi aktivnosti cheloveka. Moscow, 2001. 192 p. (In Russ.).
10. Morosanova V.I. Stilevye osobennosti samoregulyatsii lichnosti. Voprosy psikhologii = Voprosy Psychologii, 1991, no. 1, pp. 121–127. (In Russ.).
11. Pentin A.Yu., Kovaleva G.S., Davydova E.I., Smirnova E.S. Sostoyanie estestvennonauchnogo obrazovaniya v rossiiskoi shkole po rezul’tatam mezhdunarodnykh issledovanii TIMSS i PISA [Science education in Russia according to the results of the TIMSS and PISA international studies] [Elektronnyi resurs]. Voprosy obrazovaniya = Educational Studies Moscow, 2018, no. 1, pp. 79–109. doi:10.17323/1814-9545-2018-1-79-109 (In Russ.).
12. Poddiakov A.N. Reshenie kompleksnykh problem v PISA-2012 i PISA-2015: vzaimodeistvie so slozhnoi real’nost’yu. Obrazovatel’naya politika = Educational Policy, 2012, no. 6 (62), pp. 34–53. (In Russ.).
13. Polivanova K.N. Obrazovatel’nye rezul’taty osnovnoi shkoly v kontekste mezhdunarodnykh issledovanii [Educational Outcomes of Middle School in the Context of International Research] [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2015. Vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 19–30. doi:10.17759/pse.2015200402 (In Russ.).
14. Rubtsov V.V. Kooperatsiya kak kharakteristika gruppovykh sposobov resheniya uchebnoi zadachi. Razvitie psikhiki shkol’nikov v protsesse uchebnoi deyatel’nosti. Moscow, 1983. (In Russ.).
15. PISA (Mezhdunarodnaya programma po otsenke obrazovatel’nykh dostizhenii uchashchikhsya) [Elektronnyi resurs]. FGBU Federal’nyi institut otsenki kachestva obrazovaniya. URL: https://fioco.ru/pisa (Accessed 01.07.2023). (In Russ.).
16. PISA (Mezhdunarodnaya programma po otsenke obrazovatel’nykh dostizhenii uchashchikhsya (2006 g.)) [Elektronnyi resurs]. Ministerstvo prosveshcheniya Rossiiskoi Federatsii. FGBNU “Institut strategii razvitiya obrazovaniya”. Tsentr otsenki kachestva obrazovaniya. URL: http://www.centeroko.ru/pisa06/pisa06_pub.html (Accessed 01.07.2023). (In Russ.).
17. Fiore S.M., Graesser A., Greiff S. Collaborative problem-solving education for the twenty-first-century work-force. Nature Human Behaviour, 2018. Vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 367–369. doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0363-y
18. Herborn K., Stadler M., Mustafić M., Greiff S. The assessment of collaborative problem solving in PISA 2015: Can computer agents replace humans? Computers in Human Behavior, 2018. Vol. 104. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.07.035
19. Mayer R. Cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational aspects of problem solving. Instructional Science, 1998. Vol. 26, pp. 49–63. doi:10.1023/A:1003088013286
20. PISA 2015 Assessment and Analytical Framework: Science, Reading, Mathematic, Financial Literacy and Collaborative Problem Solving. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2017. 259 p. doi:10.1787/9789264281820-en
21. PISA 2015 Results (Volume V): Collaborative Problem Solving. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2017. 308 p. doi:10.1787/9789264285521-en