Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 12, Issue 2, Article 7 (Dec., 2011) T. L. IBRAHEEM Effects of two modes of student teams – achievement division strategies on senior secondary school students’ learning outcomes in chemical kinetics Previous Contents Next

Statement of the problem

Research results have shown that cooperative learning methods enhance learning more than the individualized or competitive methods. However there is the need to find out whether this positive outcomes of cooperative learning results from cooperation within learning teams or competition among learning teams. This study therefore determined the effects of two modes of student teams- achievement Divisions (STAD) learning strategy (STAD with inter-team competition and STAD without inter-team competition) on senior secondary school two (SS2) chemistry students’ learning outcomes (achievement and attitudes ) in chemical kinetics.