Comparison Effects of Cooperative Learning and Brain Stroming Learning on Students’ Social Adjustment

Subject Areas : Psychology

amir yekanizad ¹ ( M.A. in Psychology, Faculty of Eduactional and Humanity Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran (Corresponding author) [e-mail] )
akbar Soleimannezhad ² ( Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Payame Noor, Tehran, IranAssistant Professor )

Received: 2021-08-25 Accepted : 2022-03-09 Published : 2022-01-21

Keywords: social adjustment, Cooperative learning, brain storming,

Abstract :

AbstractThe present study aimed comparison effects of cooperative learning and brain stroming learning on social adjustment in students of the fifth elementary school in Khoy city. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with two experimental groups. The statistical population consisted of all male students of the fifth elementary school in Khoy city in the academic year 2019-2020. The sample consisted of 60 people who were selected by multistage random cluster sampling and assigned in cooperative learning and brain storming learning groups (30 in each group). In order to collect data in this study, questionnaires adaptive bdhavior inventory for children (Lambert & et al, 1984) were used. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The results of this study showed in social adjustment significant difference between Students with the cooperative learning method and brain storming learning method. In other words, the effect of cooperative learning on increasing social adjustment is more than the brain storming learning method (P <0.005). In sum, the results of this study confirm the usefulness and impact of cooperative learning on increasing the social adjustment of students.