Abstract
Two instructors with 7 classes and 165 students were in this study. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of cooperative learning techniques and instruction with microcomputer-based laboratories on the achievement of preservice elementary teachers (with different operational levels of cognitive development) in acquiring integrated science process skills and enhancing formal thinking abilities. Cooperative learning is an environment in which students work in small, mixed-ability groups toward the same objectives. All students were pre and post-tested with two instruments: The Test of Integrated Process Skills (TIPS & TIPS II) and the Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT). Results showed that greater differences in the achievement on the TIPS test occurred in the setting where cooperative learning and MBLs were used. Test score gains on the TOLT test were similar across the four groups. Students with formal operational levels scored similar gains on the TIPS and TOLT tests as students of non-formal operational levels of development.
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