The Effect of Cooperative Learning on Math Achievement of First Grade Students: an Experimental Study
Date of Graduation
Summer 1989
Degree
Master of Science in Education in Elementary Education
Department
Childhood Education and Family Studies
Committee Chair
Darrell Roubinek
Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine if the incorporation of cooperative learning would have an effect upon the math achievement of first grade students. Two intact classrooms were used in the study, one receiving cooperative learning techniques and the other receiving only traditional techniques. The California Achievement Test was administered to both groups in this study, both as a pretest and a post-test. After the study, results from the California Achievement Tests using analysis of covariance displayed a .2166 level of significance. This indicated that a difference however, not a significant difference existed between the two groups. Therefore, this study found that cooperative learning techniques are helpful to some children and should be considered for use in classrooms in addition to traditional techniques.
Subject Categories
Elementary Education and Teaching
Copyright
© Lenetta Jan Bowling
Recommended Citation
Bowling, Lenetta Jan, "The Effect of Cooperative Learning on Math Achievement of First Grade Students: an Experimental Study" (1989). MSU Graduate Theses/Dissertations. 471.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/471
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