Abstract:

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of cooperative learning on achievement and permanence during the unit of ‘Steps toward modern Turkey’ in the course of Turkish Republic Revolution History and Kemalism. The study was carried out with a total of 54 students studying in a secondary school affiliated to the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) in Afyonkarahisar province. Experimental design with pretest-posttest control group was used in the study. In the experimental group, the lessons were carried out with the cooperative learning method and in the control group with the traditional teaching method. As a data collection tool in the research, the Academic Achievement Test of the Turkish Republic History of Revolution and Kemalism course developed by the researchers was used. The obtained data were analyzed with a statistical package program. As a result of the research while both groups showed improvement in terms of academic achievement, as the posttest scores of the groups were compared, it was seen that the cooperative learning method was more effective than the traditional teaching method in increasing the success of the students. It has been observed that the permanence of the knowledge learned by the students who got the cooperative learning method is higher than the students who got the traditional method.

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