Abstract
Due to the increasing diverse nature of the world’s education system, it is important that learning strategies are beneficial in educating a wide variety of students. For the retention and comprehension of the subject matter taught in the classrooms, teachers must engage students and provide them with the proper social skills needed to succeed beyond the classroom environment. The focus of the present study investigated the effect of a form of cooperative learning instruction that is students’ team achievement division (STAD) with that of traditional lectures method. The population of the study was all the students studying chemistry at higher secondary level in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (Pakistan). 30 students of chemistry grade 12 in government higher secondary school Jamrud were selected as a convenient sample of the study. The students were divided into two groups one was called control group and the other was experimental group based on stratified random sampling techniques. The true experimental design of the posttest only control group design was applied in this study. The control group was taught with the traditional lecture method while the experimental group with the cooperative learning instruction STAD. Students academic achievements were find out by teacher made test composed of multiple choice questions, short questions and long questions. The credit of the test was of 50 marks, the posttest consist of multiple choice questions of 16 marks, short questions of 24 marks and one long question of two subsections having 10 marks. Student ttest of non-dependent sample was used to analyze the data. The result showed that the students’ achievements of both the groups were not significant. The implications were discussed.
Highlights
Cooperative learning is a method used by educators can help students develop necessary social skills
The present study investigated the effect of a form of cooperative learning instruction that is students’ team achievement division (STAD) with that of traditional lectures method in chemistry
The population of the study was all the students studying chemistry at higher secondary level in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (Pakistan). 30 students of chemistry grade- 12 in government higher secondary school Jamrud were taken as a sample study
Summary
Cooperative learning is a method used by educators can help students develop necessary social skills. Success of the individual student and group members, and formation of personal and professional relationships are the results of cooperative learning (Johnson & Johnson, 1999a). Students work in pairs, to maximize their own and other learning. Cooperative learning frequently new ideas and their solution i.e. process gain, develop high level of reasoning and transfer of information and knowledge from one situation to another situation i.e. group to individual transfer than any type of other learning, (Roger & Johnson, 1994). The end product of cooperative learning is higher achievements of individual as compared to competitive or individualistic efforts demonstrated by hundred of studies as revealed by Johnson, (2000)
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