The Effect of Cooperative Learning Method on Academic Success (original) (raw)

This research is planned in order to analyze the effect of cooperative learning method on the academic success of the students studying in the Department of Elementary Education regarding the lesson "Teaching Technologies and Material Design". The aim of the research is to reveal the effects of group research technique in cooperative learning method on the teaching process of the unit "material types" of the lesson "Teaching Technologies and Material Design" of the third grade students in Elementary Education Department. The research is designed according to the experimental type. There is an experimental group and a control group in the research. At the end of the research, it is found that there is a significant difference between the academic success of the students in experimental group in which cooperative learning method is used and the academic success of the students in control group. The findings show that this difference is for the benefit of the students in experimental group. Through the interviews with the students in experimental group, it is established that the students have positive views regarding cooperative learning method.