June 2015 Vol. 3 No.6

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Original Research Article

Effects of cooperative learning on students' learning progress in high school

Hassan Rahmanpour¹*, Hadi Jannesar² and Behnaz Zeya³

¹Young Researchers and Elite Club, Torbat-e Heydarieh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
²MA Education Secretary Education Roshtkhar city, Iran
³Secretary Of Education Roshtkhar City, Iran

*Corresponding Author's E-mail: rhmanpor@yahoo.com

Accepted April 06, 2015

Abstract

The main goal of this study examines is the effect of exploratory method on critical thinking and attitude towards Social science textbooks in the high school female students took third base The Design of the was quasi -experimental design with pretest - post test. The research population included All Students Girl Third Base Second Secondary school in Roshtkhar during academic year of 2013-2014. The 60 student were randomly selected and divided in to experimental control groups (each group 30). Research tools included a questionnaire on critical thinking and academic Watson Glizer and attitudes questionnaire used books and teaching methods and techniques and collection of books on education and new methods of teaching in Social science lessons. The Statistical methods: Analysis of Samples T Test results: - the effect of exploratory method on students' critical thinking. - the effect of exploratory method on attitude of students towards Social science book - the effect of exploratory method collaborative learning and inference, recognition of assumptions, inference, interpretation, evaluation of students' reasoning. - the effect of exploratory method on students' positive attitude and negative attitude the subjects .

Keywords: Exploratory Method, Critical thinking, Attitude, Science