Cooperative learning environments, like the “operative-strategic”
one applied in this study, have often had a positive influence on students’ affect (Slavin et al., 2003; Webb & Palincsar, 1996). Significant advantages of the “operative-strategic” teaching method were found especially regarding interest and enjoyment in modelling problems.
It seems that enjoyment and interest really profit from the divergent solution structure of modelling problems. So student-centred teaching methods seem to be better suited to
improve both students’ achievements (Schukajlow et al., 2009) and their affect while
dealing with modelling problems.