Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning in Teaching Grammar

Abstract

The present study entitled "Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning in Teaching Grammar" attempts to find out the effectiveness of cooperative learning in teaching grammar at secondary level. It was an action research and its main objectives were to find out the effectiveness of CL in teaching grammar and suggest some pedagogical implications. It was conducted in Dashrath Chandra Secondary School, Dhading. The students of class nine were purposively selected as the sample of the study. A pre-test was administered before experimental teaching. Then, students were taught for a month using CL method. Three progressive tests were administered during the course of teaching and finally a post-test was administered to determine the achievement of the students. After the analysis and interpretation of data CL method was found effective in teaching grammar at the secondary level. This thesis is organized into four chapters. The first chapter includes general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, significance of the study. Likewise, chapter two deals with the methodology to be applied to conduct the study. It encompasses the source of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools and process for data collection and limitations of the study. The data obtained through different tests are tabulated analyzed and interpreted in the third chapter. In chapter four, the findings are listed and recommendations are given. The references and appendices are included at the concluding part of the thesis.