Abstract
<p class="apa">The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Student Teams-Achievement Divisions cooperative learning with models on academic achievements of undergraduate university students attending classes in which the electrochemical cells. The sample of research was comprised of 70 students from first class of science teacher education program during the academic year 2014-2015. The data obtained by the Electrochemistry Achievement Test (EcAT). The study was carried out in three different groups. The research groups were randomly assigned as the cooperative learning with models group (CLMG), the cooperative learning group (CLG), and the control group (CG). The data obtained by the instrument was evaluated through descriptive statistics, one–way ANOVA, and ANCOVA. The results indicated that teaching electrochemical cells via STAD with Model method was more effective than the traditional teaching method and only STAD in increasing academic achievement. In addition, according to the EcAT results, students’ high levels of misunderstanding show that there are indicative of some deficiencies in teaching of the electrochemical cells in the molecular level.</p>
Highlights
There is a relationship between the development level of countries and the advancement of technology
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Student Teams-Achievement Divisions cooperative learning with models on academic achievements of first year university students attending classes in which the electrochemical cells
The aim of this study was “to determine students’ level of learning by applying three different teaching methods” in the teaching of the electrochemical cells. Both cognitive learning and constructivist learning theory have brought to the forefront and the idea that new information is constructed over prior knowledge of students (Kwan & Wong, 2015)
Summary
There is a relationship between the development level of countries and the advancement of technology. Student-centered education is considered to increase successfulness of students. In order to contribute to success, there is a need for designing teaching activities which put focus on learners themselves. It is vital that learners are provided with activities in which they can have their own experiences so that they can develop skills such as critical thinking, communication, researching and questioning, problem solving, reasoning, and linking obtained knowledge. The recent prominent active learning approaches have been widely accepted. Cooperative learning, in this sense, is one of the most commonly used active learning methods lately (Aydoğdu, 2012). In the 21st century, people need the skills to launch and maintain cooperative efforts to manage the increasing interdependence among regions, countries, organizations, communities, and individuals.
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