The Effect of Cooperative Teaching Method on Development of Social Skills in Primary School Students in Zanjan City

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Mohammad Reza  Oroji ¹ (Assistant Professor, Department of English, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan)
Manizhe  Zakariyaee ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch Zanjan)

Received: 2014-01-31 Accepted : 2014-01-31 Published : 2014-09-01

Keywords: Cooperative Methodology, Social skills,

Abstract :

The purpose of the present research was to study the effect of cooperative methodology on the social skill development of the primary students. The methodology was quasi-experimental, with pre-test, post-test, and control group. The population of the research was all 486 ‘Laleh’ primary school male students in the year of 2009-2010, among whom, 61 four-grade participants were finally chosen. They were randomly assigned into two groups (30 students in the experimental and 31 in the control groups). The data were collected via researcher-made questionnaire. Having been collected, the data were analyzed via a T-Test so that the means of the two groups in the pre-test and post-test could be compared. The results illustrated that the cooperative methodology had an effect on students’ social skill development including respecting others, respecting rules and regulations, and thinking critically.