Investigating the Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Method on Teaching of English Grammar

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The present study investigates and compares cooperative learning and whole-class traditional instruction in developing English grammar for 7th-grade students. Control students received whole-class traditional teaching, while experimental students learned via the cooperative learning STAD model (Student Teams Achievement Divisions). A pre-test post-test control group design with intact boys’ and girls’ groups was used, and independent-sample t-tests compared achievement scores. Pre-test results showed no significant difference, while post-test scores favored the cooperative learning classes, with large gains for both male and female learners and a calculated effect size indicating a high increase.

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Abstract

Introduction

Cooperative learning and learner collaboration

Context of English language learning in Pakistan

Role of explicit grammar knowledge

Investigating the Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Method on Teaching of English Grammar Asif Khan * and Mumtaz Akhtar ** Abstract The present study investigated and compared the effect of cooperative learning method and the whole class traditional method in developing English language of the students of 7th class. The students under control conditions were taught through whole class traditional method and the students in experiment groups were taught through cooperative learning method. The STAD (Student Teams Achievement Divisions) model of cooperative learning was used in this study. Four intact (as it is) groups were taken from boys and girls schools for this study. A pre-test post test control group design was applied. The independent sample t-test procedures were used to compare the control and experimental groups on pre-test and post test scores of achievement test. The results of the study revealed no statistical significance difference on pre-test scores of both the groups which means that the groups were alike in their achievement in English grammar before the experiment whereas the experimental classes outperformed the control classes when compared on post test scores after the experiment. The results based on post test scores showed that the STAD model of cooperative learning had significant effect on the achievement of students, both male and female, in learning English grammar at Elementary level. The effect size was also calculated to determine the magnitude of difference between achievements of experimental and control groups which showed high increase in the achievement of treatment groups. Keywords: Achievement, cooperative learning, english grammar, traditional method (teachercentered whole class method), STAD (Student Teams Achievement Divisions) * Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan ** Dean, Faculty of Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Email: [drmumtazakhter@hotmail.com](drmumtazakhter@hotmail.com) Introduction Cooperative learning is an important teaching method in which students learn by helping each other in an educational setting. It is a set of instructional activities which demands learners to work in small heterogeneous groups (Slavin, 1987) . Cooperative learning was defined as a method of instruction in which “small group of learners work together as team to solve a problem, complete a task, or accomplish a common goal”(Artz & Newman,1990, p.448) . Cooperative learning has been as well as is being used through the world since several decades. The reason behind its use is its positive effectiveness in variety of areas including English language (Saharan, 1980) . In the previous years, a lot of scholarly writings have been supporting its application in English classrooms which argued that language learning is determined by a complex interaction of the number of critical input, output and context variablesand that cooperative learning puts positive effect on almost all variables which are very important for language learning (Kagan, 1995) . Student-oriented teaching method is used effectively in English classrooms at large because under this method students get maximum opportunities to express themselves with their fellows as well as with the teacher, whereas, the teachercentered whole class traditional English language classrooms are lacking this opportunity (Schineke-Llano, 1983) . Students learn more when they work under cooperative conditions because communicating and sharing ideas with peers is a language learning technique that they can apply outside as well as inside the classroom to reinforce learning (Oxford, 1990; Little wood, 1992) . English language has become the second language in Pakistan because it is being used at large as a medium of communication in government institutions and in business organizations in Pakistan. But the Standard of English language in Pakistanis very miserable because a huge

FAQs

What teaching methods were compared in the study?

The study compared the cooperative learning method using the STAD model with the whole-class traditional teacher-centered method.

How was the research design structured?

A pre-test post-test control group design was used, with independent sample t-tests to compare achievement test scores between control and experimental groups.

What were the main findings regarding student grammar achievement?

No statistical significance appeared in pre-test scores, but experimental classes outperformed control classes in post-test scores, showing a significant effect of STAD on English grammar achievement at the elementary level.

Oct 15, 2026

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