The effectiveness of teaching emotion-focused strategies on cooperative learning in first high school students

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching emotion-focused strategies on cooperative learning in first high school students. Method: This study employed a semi-experimental research method using pretest-posttest design with a control group. Among all the female high school students in the first district of Tehran, who were attending public schools in the city of Tehran in the 2017-18 school year, fifty students were chosen from Narges School through purposive sampling, and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Then, students in the experimental group were subjected to the independent variable (emotion-focused strategies) during 12 sessions. The tool used in the study was Stephenchr('39')s Cooperative Learning Questionnaire (2007), which was administered in three stages of pre-test, post-test and (one month) follow-up in both experimental and control groups, the results were analyzed using mixed variance analysis test and Bonferroni post-hoc test in the SPSS24 software. Results: Results showed that there were significant differences between pre-test and post-test scores between experimental and control groups (P < 0.05). In other words, the teaching of emotion-focused strategies increased cooperative learning in the experimental group. Bonferroni test results showed that the emotion-focused strategy training has a lasting effect. Conclusion: Considering the significant effect of emotion-focused strategies on studentschr('39') cooperative learning, this method can be used to improve their educational success.