Effects of cooperative learning on students’ performance in mathematics in Siddiq Senior High School

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Cooperative Learning on Student performance in Mathematics in Siddiq Senior High School because mathematics is perceived as a difficult subject in the school. The study employed pretest-post-test quasi-experimental design involving two intact classes. The instruments for the data collection were standardized pretest and post-test Mathematics questions based on number bases (numeration system) and modular arithmetic. Data were presented and analysed using frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation. The findings revealed that independent learning style was dominant among the students in studying mathematics. The findings further revealed that applying cooperative learning to the study of mathematics had a positive effect on the performance of students. Another fallout from the study was that the experimental group which received the intervention had a higher increase in mean value from a pretest value of 0.476 to a post-test value of 0.705. Even though the control group had a slight increase in mean values from 0.343 in the pre-test to 0.533 in the post-test. This data show that cooperative learning has a positive effect on students in Siddiq Senior High School. The study recommends among other things that workshops should be organized by educational bodies to emphasize and enlighten teachers and mathematics educators on the importance of cooperation. Cooperative learning methods would be a viable substitute to traditional method of teaching and learning of mathematics.”