Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 12, Issue 2, Article 7 (Dec., 2011) Riaza Mohd RIAS, Halimah Badioze ZAMAN Designing multimedia learning application with learning theories: A case study on a computer science subject with 2-D and 3-D animated versions Previous Contents Next

Research procedure

Permission was first of all obtained from the school principals of the participating teachers and students. The training of participating teachers and students followed this. The training programme lasted for two weeks. The training of the teachers focused on the use of student teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) cooperative learning techniques and the different treatment conditions.

The students for the study were subjected to orientation activities on cooperative learning guide. The students were taught the social skills and principles guiding intra-team cooperation in cooperative learning.

Procedure for data collection

The procedure for data collection was in three main phases and it lasted for eight weeks. The phases were;

1. pre test for the first one week
2. treatment for the next six weeks
3. post test for the last one week of the eight weeks