Effect of Co-operative Learning on Achievement in Environmental Science of School Student

Man is a social animal. Academic excellence is updated with the help of social institutions and social institutions are run by cooperation of individuals of society. A correlation existed between society and academics since time immemorial. There is a need to introspect and realize the cooperation between these two. Cooperation is working together to accomplish shared goals. Within cooperative activities individuals seek outcome that are beneficial to themselves and beneficial to all other group members. Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize their own and each others learning. The investigators in this paper have tried to explore the effect of cooperative learning on Achievement in social science of secondary school students. The present study is an experimental study based on randomized two group post test. It was conducted on a sample size of 60 students from Gaya district of Bihar. Out of which 30 Students were in experimental group and 30 students in controlled group. Two self developed tools were used in the form of Instructional Tool unit wise Lesson Planning along with teaching aids and Measuring Tools in the form of a teacher made test and a 3 point scale to study the impact of the method used. Experimental group was taught through co-operative learning method and controlled group was taught through traditional method. Findings of the study reflected that mean achievement of the students exposed to co-operative method differs significantly from the mean achievement of the students taught through traditional method.