Cooperative Versus Traditional Pedagogies: Role in Teaching General Science at Secondary Level
Keywords:
Cooperative Pedagogy, Traditional Pedagogy, Teaching Strategies, General Science, Secondary Level EducationAbstract
The research work conducted on the topic Cooperative Versus Traditional Pedagogies: Role in Teaching General Science at Secondary Level. This was pure experimental research. The researcher pre-tested the sample and makes two experimental groups with an equal sample size of 30 students in each group. All students were at the secondary level. The results were drawn in tabulated forms then gave small descriptions below the table. The whole sample pre-tested and make two equal treatment groups with the same sample size. One group was treated as cooperative pedagogy and the second was treated as traditional pedagogy. The independent variable was pedagogy and the dependent variable was students' performance in learning science and the clear concepts. The researcher also controls the extraneous variables like home tuitions, parents coaching, the trend of competition, and much more. The researcher also kept in mind the situational variable like, during the exam, the lack of sleep of student, student health during exam, home environment like quarreling parents, etc. researcher observe all the phenomena then tested the students and draw more reliable results. The results were compared through the average and true mean score. Then relation was found through the chi-square test. It was found that the students of the cooperative learning group perform better as compared to the students who were treated as traditional pedagogy.
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