A affect of cooperative learning to the student succes and their attitudes to the lesson in the world, the sun and the moon unit of science and technology class for 5th grade of the primary education

ABSTRACT In this study the effect of the cooperative learning on students? success and attitudes were investigated. The application was realised in the ?Earth, Sun and Moon? units of Science and Technology class. In order to determine the effets of cooperative learning on students? success and attitudes it was compared to traditional method. The environment of the study involved the 5th grade students of 12 Eylül Primary School in the district of Haymana. The samples of the study was 58 students from 5-A and 5- B. The subject group was 5-A and the control group was 5-B. The cooperative learning was used in subject group and the traditional method was used in control group. At the begining of the application the test of knowledge of Science and Technology and the test scale of attitude of Science and Technology were put into practice. At the end of the study a test of knowledge about Science Technology was applied in order to determine the effect of cooperative learning and traditional method on students? success and in order to determine the effects of both method on students? attitudes a test of attitudes towards Science and Technology was applied as a final test. After the analysis and interpretation of the test results by SPSS-9 statistic program it was seen that there had been significant difference towards the lessons regarding the academic success and the attitudes of the subject group to wich the cooperative learning applied and the control group to which the traditional method applied. It was resulted in this study that cooperative learning is not only influential on students? success but also on their attitudes towards the lesson.