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This study aimed to explore Chinese students' perceptions and satisfaction with cooperative learning (CL) in a University Course. The researchers employed qualitative data using teacher observation and notes, students' end-of-course reflective papers, and a survey questionnaire asking about students' satisfaction with the group activities to gain insight into participants' perspectives. The results revealed that although students were unfamiliar with cooperative learning methods at first, they later enjoyed learning while working in groups. A composite scale of all ten satisfaction survey questions showed a mean score of 4.392 and a standard deviation of .69259 to establish overall student satisfaction with CL methods. Cooperative learning is an efficient method to promote students’ engagement, help students form a social bond, and improves students' communication skills with enhanced confidence and autonomy. Some challenges of the cooperative learning methods were attributed to time constraints, standardized curriculum, group dynamics, and scheduling issues. Nevertheless, students' perceptions and satisfaction with cooperative learning were positive.

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