Abstract
The purpose of this research was to study the impact of collaborative learning strategies on social maturity and its various dimensions viz. personal adequacy, interpersonal adequacy, and social adequacy, of secondary school students. The study was quasiexperimental and used matched pairs pre-test post-test research design. A Higher Secondary School in Educational Zone Hiranagar of District Kathua was chosen for the intervention. The study was conducted on sixty-six students of two sections of class 9th. Two sections were randomly assigned to collaborative and traditional learning conditions. Four methods of collaborative learning viz. Think-Pair-Share, Numbered Heads Together, Jigsaw, and Fish-Bowl were used for a period of over five weeks. The results were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and a critical ratio (CR). The results of the study showed that this approach was successful in increasing personal adequacy, interpersonal adequacy, social adequacy and overall social maturity of secondary school students.
Highlights
Nowadays, many student-centred teaching models, methods and techniques are used
The calculated value of critical ratio (CR) (0.19) was less than table value (1.96) at 0.05 level of significance, hypothesis (1.3) of the study was retained; i.e. there will be no significant difference between mean scores of social adequacy of control group and experimental group on pre-test of secondary school students
It was found that the calculated value of CR (5.71) was greater than table value (2.58) at 0.01 level of significance, hypothesis (3.2) of the study was rejected; i.e. there will be no significant difference between mean scores of Impact of Collaborative Learning 256 interpersonal adequacy of experimental group on pre-test and post-test of secondary school students
Summary
Many student-centred teaching models, methods and techniques are used. One of the models in contemporary teaching is collaborative learning method. It is an umbrella term for a variety of educational approaches involving joint, intellectual effort by students and teachers together. Collaborative learning is the instructional use of small groups. Collaborative learning is a teaching arrangement that refers to small heterogeneous groups of Shivani Sharma Scholar, Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu students working together to achieve a common goal (Kagan, 1994). Its goal is to allow students to work together to maximize their own and others' learning. Students work together to learn and are responsible for learning of their team mates as well as their own. Cooperative method of education has several advantages over traditional method like increase in academic achievement, in mathematics, science, languages, social studies etc., advanced skills of critical thinking and reasoning, problem solving ability, in-depth knowledge of the learned materials, less harmful activities in class, less anxiety and stress, stronger motivation for learning and achievement, and higher selfesteem
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