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dc.contributor.authorMakini, Vitalice Sonoi
dc.contributor.authorBarasa, Fred S.
dc.contributor.authorChemwei, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T07:24:02Z
dc.date.available2022-04-06T07:24:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2422-8435
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.kabarak.ac.ke/handle/123456789/889
dc.description.abstractA lot of scholarly research articles have lauded the positive significant contribution of Cooperative Learning Approach (CLA) and its effect on student’s academic achievement. However none of those studies have been conducted on English subject, therefore this study investigated how the use of CLA affects students’ academic achievement in English in public coeducational secondary schools in Nakuru County. The study adopted quasi experimental design, based on Solomon Four- group, Non-equivalent Control Group Design. The study involved two Experimental groups, E 1 and E 2 which were taught through CLA method and two Control groups, C which were taught through the Conventional methods. The target populations were students and teachers from the four co-educational public secondary schools of Nakuru County. The accessible population was 766 form three students in the four schools. The study sample size was 242 Form three students from the four coeducational public secondary schools in Nakuru County. The study used English Achievement Test (EAT) to collect quantitative data. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 24). Comparing the mean gain for the two groups of students’, it was established that students using cooperative learning approach were 12% higher in English achievement test as compared to their peers who were taught using conventional methods. The study concluded that there was statistically significant effect of cooperative learning approach on students’ achievement of English in public coeducational secondary schools in Nakuru, County Kenya (F(1,216)=113043.974, p<0.05). The study further concluded that use of cooperative learning approach improves student achievement in English compared to use conventional methods. The study recommended teachers to adopt modern constructivism approaches to teaching students especially Cooperative learning approach that is student centered.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Literature, Languages and Linguisticen_US
dc.subjectCooperative Learning Approachen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Achievementen_US
dc.titleEffect of Cooperative Learning Approach on Students’ Academic Achievement in English in Co-Educational Public Secondary Schools, Nakuru County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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