Cooperative Learning Among At Risk Students In Informal Geometry

Author : Sarah A. Byham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Cooperative Learning in the Geometry Classroom written by Sarah A. Byham and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This quantitative and qualitative action research project was completed in a suburban high school. The paper describes how the implementation of cooperative learning in the geomentry classroom affected end of the chapter achievement test scores. Other factors were also explored as possible contributors to increased student learning and achievement. Those factors were students' active engagement in their own learning, the teacher's role, and the teacher's attitudes toward the cooperative learning environment. A traditional teaching style was used with the control group and cooperative strategies were implemented with the experimental group. It was found that, within this research design, the implementation of cooperative learning in the geometry classroom did not significantly improve achievement on end of the chapter tests. However, it was also found that the cooperaive experiences were valuable to both the students and the teacher in other ways. Many conclusions about the cooperative learning classroom environment were made by the researcher based on the results of the study. The researcher believed that although there was no significant increase in achievement on test scores, the cooperative environment was more beneficial than the traditional classroom. The activity of the students in the cooperative classroom was more complex and challenging than that of the traditional classroom. Students were also given organized opportunities to help each other to learn. In the end, the researcher found cooperative learning to be a viable teaching strategy for the geometry classroom."--Author's abstract.