EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SELF CONCEPT OF THE STUDENTS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to see the effect of cooperative learning on the academic achievement and academic self-concept of the students at the elementary school level. The study also investigated these effects across the gender. In this particular study all the 5th class students comprise the population of the study. The sample of the study consists of 40-students of class 5th selected randomly and equated on the basis of pre-test from Nayab English medium School Dera Ismail Khan. Two instruments were used for data collection. One was self-made academic achievement test which was made valid and reliable through experts view. This test was to check the academic achievement after experiments. The second instrument was modified version of the Self-description Questionnaire–I prepared by Marsh (1992) which was used to check the academic self-concept of the students. The result shows that the Cooperative learning method was better than the lecture method in the development of academic achievement and academic self- concepts of the students. Across the gender the self-concept of female was significantly better than the male while there was no difference on academic achievement across the gender.