Co-operative Learning Approach and Students’ Achievement in Sociology

Abstract

This study set out to investigate cooperative learning approach and students’ achievement in Sociology. One research question and one hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. One hundred and one (101) students of the schools of Industrial Technical Education and Science Education constituted the population. An achievement test items, 36 in number was used for data collection. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research question while t-test was used to test the hypothesis. The result of the analysis of data collected on the research question showed that students of the co-operative group, that is the Industrial Technical Education students achieved more than the Science Education students.