INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATIVE LEARNING (ICL): A PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN THE SUBJECTS MATHEMATICS AND MICROECONOMICS

University teaching is being object of many changes related to the implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The Bologna Process has required teachers to modify their teaching-learning methods adapting them to its characteristics. In this paper we analyze these changes in our specific teaching experience introducing in this academic year an innovative didactical activity that link the teaching of two related subjects: Mathematics and Microeconomics. In this sense, we introduced a classroom-based activity by applying an interdisciplinary cooperative learning activity (ICL). We used the "jigsaw technique" (or "mosaic") as an experiment and novelty in our teaching practice. Another novelty in the experience has been the students' assessment trough rubrics. As a result of our experience, in general, students valued positively this methodology and agreed in consider that it is a good method to improve their learning process. We have decided to use these didactical innovations the next academic year in order to compare and assess their effectiveness.