Learners’ perception of their STAD cooperative experience

Shing-Yu Lynn Tsai

Dr. Pi-Ying Teresa HsuDate: March 16, 2009

Ghaith, G. (2001). Learners’ perception

of their STAD cooperative experience.

System 29, 289-301.

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STAD

Student

SS

Divisions

D D

Teams-Achievement

TATA

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STAD

Role PlayRole Play

DD

BB

CC

AA

The Teacher lectures materials & assigns a context( at the restaurant)

Team members are assigned the roles( waiters, customers)

The team members show their performance.

Team members practicethe conversation. ( How to order the meal? ) 4

Contents

IV.

Introduction I.

Methodology II.

ResultIII.

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V. Reflection

Limitation

IntroductionThe application of cooperative learning: It suggested that learners working together acquire

more language and social skills than their counterparts

studying the same content under individualistic

classroom conditions.

(Bossert, 1988; Johnson, 1988)

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IntroductionPurposes:

It investigated middle school learners’ perceptions of the enjoyableness and effective of the STAD strategy in teaching EFL.

It investigated middle school learners’ perceptions of the enjoyableness and effective of the STAD strategy in teaching EFL.

It examined the effect of gender and prior achievement on learners’ perceptions of their cooperative experience.

It examined the effect of gender and prior achievement on learners’ perceptions of their cooperative experience.

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Introduction

positive interdependence

individual accountabilityPrinciples ofCooperative

Learning heterogeneous grouping

equal opportunity

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Research Questions

Q1:What do middle school learners think of their STAD experience?

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The participants’ perceptions of their STADexperience tend to be on the positive ratherthan negative.

Research Questions

Q2: Do high-achieving learners differ from the low-achieving learners in their perception of their STAD experience?

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Yes, high achievers had more contribution than low achievers.

Research QuestionsQ3: Do male and female learners differ in their perception of their STAD experience?

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Most of males’ perception were more positivethan females’.

However the male participants didn’t recommend the use of STAD while all of the female participants recommended use of this strategy.

Methodology

Participants

Place Lebanon

Grouping 30 low achievers31 high achievers

61 seventh-grade students enrolled in EFL sections of junior high school

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Lebanon

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Instrumentthe participants’ perceptions of the amount of their own learning

SemanticDifferential Scale

whether they would recommend CL in other class or not

their perception of the amount of their contribution to the learning of their group mates

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Treatment

Period

Program Language art program

Group

12 weeks

14 heterogonous teams-mixed-gender & mix-ability

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Treatment

Team

recognition

Team recognition

Teacher’slecture

Teacher’slecture

Individual quizzes

Individual quizzes

Team study

The STAD cooperative strategy

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Statistical analysis

Pearson Chi-square Independent variables:gender & achievement

( Q2 & Q3)

Pearson Chi-square Dependent variables:

the participants’ responses to the scale

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Result

Table 1

Percentages of response by gender

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Scale Useful Not frustrating Fun Interesting Worthwhile Clear Learning Recommend Contribution

Female 36% 30% 49% 60% 53% 50% 49% 61% 49%

Male 66% 66% 53% 62% 58% 80% 83% 33% 55%

Most of male participants were more positive than female. However, most of female recommended this strategy.

Most of male participants were more positive than female. However, most of female recommended this strategy.

Result

Table 2

Percentages of response by achievement level

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Scale Useful Not frustrating Fun Interesting Worthwhile Clear Learning Recommend Contribution

Low 53% 23% 53% 63% 52% 75% 63% 60% 33%

High 51% 36% 51% 68% 61% 69% 74% 57% 74%

For the contribution part, high achievers had more contribution than low achievers.

For the contribution part, high achievers had more contribution than low achievers.

Limitation

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The researchers divided students into high achievers and low achievers.Are there any intermediate students? ？

ReflectionReflection

High

Low

Do you think itis fair?

Yes / No

R

H

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Thank you for your listening!

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