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International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 2013, Vol. 4(3) 1-9

The Effects of Cooperative Learning Methods on Students’ Academic Achievements in Social Psychology Lessons

Ufuk SIMSEK, Bayram YILAR, Birgul KUCUK

pp. 1 - 9

Publish Date: July 31, 2013  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Group Investigation (GI) and the Reading-Writing- Presenting (RWP) method in cooperative learning on students’ comprehension of social psychology lesson. This research included 107 first-grade students from two classes. For this research, each class was selected to test one teaching method. The first class was selected as the Group Investigation Group (n=52), the second was selected as the Reading-Writing-Presenting Group (n=55). The data was collected through the Academic Achievement Test. The results obtained from the data show that the Reading-Writing-Presenting method has a more positive effect on increasing students’ academic knowledge and achievements in social psychology lesson than the Group Investigation method.

Keywords: Group investigation, Reading-writing-presenting, Social psychology


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
SIMSEK, U., YILAR, B., & KUCUK, B. (2013). The Effects of Cooperative Learning Methods on Students’ Academic Achievements in Social Psychology Lessons. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 4(3), 1-9.

Harvard
SIMSEK, U., YILAR, B. and KUCUK, B. (2013). The Effects of Cooperative Learning Methods on Students’ Academic Achievements in Social Psychology Lessons. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 4(3), pp. 1-9.

Chicago 16th edition
SIMSEK, Ufuk, Bayram YILAR and Birgul KUCUK (2013). "The Effects of Cooperative Learning Methods on Students’ Academic Achievements in Social Psychology Lessons". International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 4 (3):1-9.