The effect of cooperative learning method on attitudes of students related to science teaching laboratory practice lesson

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) technique used in the application of cooperative learning model physics laboratory in the scope of science teaching laboratory practice on attitudes of students. Experimental research design, including pre-test and post-test, was used in the study. Work group of the study consists of 52 3th grade students studying Science and Technology at Education Faculty of Fırat University in Elazığ between 2014-2015 fall semester. The study was conducted with experimental and control group. Experimental group consist of 28, control group consists of 24 student. Implementation of the study lasted eight weeks. Lessons are processed in accordance with the STAD technique. For physics lesson and laboratory Physics Attitude Scale (PAS) was used as data collection tool of the study. The pre-test and post test scores of experimental and control groups from PAS were analyzed by using t-test. According to the PAS results, the experimental group was observed to be a significant difference in favor of the .05 level between pretest and posttest scores of control group and experimental group students. It is observed this study concluded that the investigate of the effects of STAD techniques’ on the attitudes of students in science teaching laboratory practice courses in 2014 – 2015 academic year STAD technique increase students’ attitude than traditional learning methods. The control and experimental groups maintained their positions after the work is completed to the degree I agree. But the attitude of experimental group students increased statistically significantly higher than the control group.