Title:
EFFECTIVENESS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS: THE CASE OF NEKEMTE COLLEGE OF TEACHERS’ EDUCATION

Authors:
ADUGNA KENEA DEBELA

Abstract:
The study was conducted with the objective of factors affecting the effectiveness of cooperative learning in Nekemte College of teacher education. The study further examined teacher educators' and trainees' roles in the process of cooperative learning. Data was collected by using closed and open ended questionnaires. The participants were selected by using a stratified random sampling technique. About 19 teacher educators and 401 regular trainees with a total of 420 participants were included in the study. Data were cleaned, edited, coded, and entered into Epi data version 3.1 and was exported to SPSS windows version 24 for analysis. Data were summarized by descriptive statistics and graphs. All variables significant at p-value <0.25 in the bivariable were entered in multivariate analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis with AORs, CI at 95%, and the significance level was set at p <0.05. Qualitative data were presented in narrative forms based on the major themes of the study. The study showed that the overall effectiveness of cooperative Learning was about 58.10%. Nevertheless, 75% of the trainees valued CL due to its multifaceted benefits. Thus, to improve the effectiveness of CL the study attempted to suggest possible recommendations to tackle the impeding factors of CL in the college.

Keywords:
College of teacher education, cooperative, cooperative learning, learning

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2022.5211