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The Effect of Using Collaborative Learning Approach towards the Quiz Scores in
Physical Science of the Grade 11 HUMSS students of St. James High School of
Emmanuel D. Leagogo
Kyle C. Marquez
Nico Palma
Lovely Jamito
Jenevieve A. Betonio
Francis J. Mag-aso
CHAPTER I
This chapter will discuss the introduction and background of the study such as the
problem, aim, and its importance. This section will also provide further information to
The link between teaching strategies and student academic performance has
the classroom. Teachers rely on several methods and methods to convey experiences,
skills and information to their students, provoke thinking and follow them. Each method,
or style, has its advantages, controls and provisions. The teacher plans for the material
he studies, organizes and presents it in ready for his students (Suaad Hadi Hassan Al-
provides valuable insights into effective pedagogical practices and guides instructional
decision-making.
Physical Science due to the lessons having complicated topics in it. Physical Science as
a subject aims for students to learn about how the world works. Because it is
complicated subject, during quizzes, students are shown to have a more lower score
than other subjects. Physics is fundamental to secure future needs for scientific and
technological competence (Angell et al., 2004), but many countries experience a drop in
students’ performances in international assessments (Organisation for Economic Co-
and clearly. This can be achieved by collaborative learning, where students are
A local study by Santos and Gomez (2019) examined the impact of cooperative
not only enhanced student understanding of complex concepts but also fostered
collaborative skills and creativity among students from various cultural backgrounds. By
building upon these local and international findings, this research aims to contribute to
the existing body of knowledge and provide valuable insights applicable to the
Philippine context.
and motivates students to participate more actively in the teaching and learning
process. The results show that cooperative learning is an effective tool for encouraging
university students to develop academic goals that motivate them to fully engage with
the tasks they are set in order to acquire knowledge and skills (learning goals). In
addition, when students are asked to work as part of a team on an autonomous basis
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cooperation, they display a greater tendency toward social reinforcement goals than
directly related to cognitive growth (Vygotsky, 1978). Unlike previous social theorist,
Vygotsky believed that first, the child must make social connections, and then the child
will learn (Vygotsky, 1978). Vygotsky recognized that learners would make meaning
from the information that was around them as they work inside the learning
Clapper, 2015). John Dewey’s theories also influenced cooperative learning in the
classroom. Dewey believed that education was to be used to help society by preparing
students to be citizens with the development of social skills (as cited in Essien, 2015).
Essien (2015) continued that within Dewey’s theory, students worked together
cooperatively and guided their learning while teachers were seen as the facilitators. In a
facilitator’s role, the teacher’s role changed from someone giving information to offering
formal and informal support and procedural recommendations with the use of rhetorical
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Teachers are in the classroom to guide or lead students to their own
understanding of the content; they develop learning environments that challenge and
encourage students to think and solve problems critically (Spooner, 2015). Students
were engaged, “in the learning process together rather than being passive receivers of
This study was also guided by some theorist on cooperative learning namely:
Johnson and Johnson (1999) cited five criteria which defined true cooperative
promotive interaction, group processing and developing small group interpersonal skills.
They also pointed out three major positive results of using this type of learning namely
greater effort to achieve more positive relation among students and greater
consistently improve achievement, computational skills and retention and create more
problem solving She also added that cooperative learning as an instructional method is
Paulsen (2003) found out the effects of cooperative learning focusing on the
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improvement in the academic and computational skills. The cooperative learning group
provides the setting context, environment and the assessment part of the instructional
process that makes students learn from assessing the quality of their own and their
teaching strategies to the students as the next generation teachers. He added that
cooperation weans themselves away from considering the teachers as the sole sources
These theories and principles are closely related to the present study because in
cooperative learning students switch between different groups and act as both teachers
and students. In one form of cooperative learning, the jigsaw method, the first group of
their expert topic to solidify answers to the presented questions. They then meet in
heterogeneous groups to teach their topic to other groups, and finally work again
independently, demonstrating their expertise in all topics (Berger & Hanze, 2015).
Teachers are seen as facilitators and students guide their own learning in this type of
classroom.
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1.3 Schematic Diagram
Post-Test
The schematic diagram shows the interplay of the dependent and independent
variable. This study uses Collaborative Learning Approach as the independent variable
and the Quiz Scores as the dependent variable. The concept of this study is to identify
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1.4 Statement of the Problem
General Problem
This study seeks to determine the effects that Collaborative Learning has on the
Specific Problem
1. What is the Quiz Score of the Grade 11 HUMSS Students in Physical Science
2. What is the Quiz Score of the Grade 11 HUMSS Students in Physical Science
Physical Science?
Teachers. The Teachers can provide a much efficient strategy to their students
The School. This will help the school provide a better education for students.
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1.6 Scope and Delimitation
This study will be focused on the Grade 11 HUMSS students of Saint James
High School. The researchers are to conduct this study in Saint James High School.
The following terms are operationally defined for clarity and better understanding
of the study:
of the study.
presentation. The approach where the teacher uses only blackboard and textbooks as
teaching aids.
subject or not.
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Physical Science – Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies
non-living systems. The subject that the researchers will focus on.
of knowledge. The students will not be exposed to any type of Collaborative Learning.
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CHAPTER II
The review of literature for this focuses on whats the use of using specific teaching
Teaching Approach
feelings, and intervening so that they learn particular things, and go beyond the given.
Teachers – certainly those in most formal settings like schools – have to follow a
there are always going to be individuals who are not ready for that learning. As teachers
in these situations we need to look out for moments when students may be open to
learning about different things; where we can, in the language of Quakers, ‘speak to
their condition’. Having a sense of their needs and capacities we can respond with the
methods are still used in schools on a wider scale. In the traditional teaching methods,
teachers ask students to recite and memorize the content of the study and what they
teach in the classroom and also students one by one recite the lesson when their turn
comes. Except for those who are reciting, other students listen and wait for their turn. In
this way, the whole lesson is completed by students. Then students are asked to
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memorize the lesson and on the basis of this recitation, teachers take assignments,
education system wherein the students are passive in terms of participating in class,
due to they only have to seat quietly on their places and listen to the teachers’ didactic
teaching methods is that they empower the teacher with flexibility and autonomy in the
classroom. A teacher who possesses a hefty mental toolbox of teaching methods can
change things up quickly, adapting to students’ needs as they arise. Teaching methods
have spanned history from Socrates and the Socratic Method that resulted in his death
by poison in 399 BCE all the way through impassioned conversations about how
teaching methods can be innovated to best fit virtual classrooms in the wake of virtual
Matthew Lynch (2019) states that students that learn from a teacher who only
has one method of teaching are likely to receive a poor grade or having to repeat a
course. This wouldn’t happen if teachers knew how to differentiate instructions to suit
A study by Almoslamani, Y. (2022) also found that the use of learning strategies
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of memory and metacognition. This implies that students have to pay more attention to
the use of these learning strategies if they are to enhance their academic performance.
experience and increases the potential for improved performance and future learning”
(Ambrose et al, 2010, p.3). The change in the learner may happen at the level of
ideas, and/or the world differently. Today, creativity and innovation are critical skills for
students to possess (Delp, 2011; NEA, 2012). 21st century children need to be able to
think creatively, work creatively with others and also implement innovation in their
everyday lives (NEA, 2012; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2009). This means that
students need to be capable of developing creative solutions to the many problems and
challenges that they may face and that the 21st century brings (Delp, 2011).
Twenty first century skills, or skills that students learn for success in the world’s
current climate, have as many different definitions as cooperative learning itself. In this
research, the author will use the Partnership for 21st Century Skills’ definition that
includes the 4Cs: creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving,
communication, and collaboration (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2011). Critical
learning, they are better prepared for skills needed later on in their careers and social
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areas of their adult lives (Igel & Urquhart, 2012). In cooperative learning students are
paired up in groups with the idea that the backgrounds of all students can be used to
enrich the lesson and help students to reach the learning goals set forth by the teacher;
Achievement Outcomes
and Johnson (2014) cited three main categories that these benefits all fall into:
Academic achievement is well noted in studies at all ages, elementary (Vega &
Hederich, 2015), middle school (Igel & Urquhart, 2012; Smith, Cornelius, & Hines, 2014;
Zakaria, Solfitri, Daud, & Abidin, 2013), high school (Valdez, Lomoljo, Dumrang, &
Researchers have even gone as far to say that since cooperation in learning
that curriculum should be altered to include this teaching in the majority of lessons
subjects, and therefore many studies involve different subjects. Slavin (2001) reported
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most effective of all strategies for elementary and secondary reading and mathematics”
(p. 2).
Mathematics has seen its fair share of studies showing higher achievement
scores due to cooperative learning (Smith et al., 2014; Vega & Hederich, 2015; Zakaria
et al., 2013). These studies indicated that cooperative learning methods benefit the
Higher-level reasoning
and memorization of facts to demonstrate learning, and instead shifts learning and
teaches students how to think critically (Chikh & Hank, 2016). Working cooperatively
has shown that students generate more innovative ideas and are able to solve more
problems than students who work individually or against each other (Johnson &
Johnson, 2014). Because teachers often give the learning outcomes to the cooperative
learning group and let students guide their own learning, often students learn more than
Retention
One of the most effective ways to retain information or build schema on topics is
to elaborate on the given topic or to explain the topic to peers (Fore et al., 2006).
Zakaria et al. (2013) reasoned that when students clarify topics and have topics
explained to them, they tend to retain the concepts for longer periods of time. Students
who are actively engaged in their own learning process report that retention is easier
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A study published by the Nondestructive Testing Resources Center found that
immediate use of learning to teach others was the teaching method that held the
greatest retention rate, over 90 percent, and this superseded learning practices such as
practice by doing and discussion in groups (Spooner, 2015). In other words, talking to
peers about what was just learned helped students retain what they just learned, more
improves the way your team works together and problem solves. This leads to more
There are five elements that Johnson and Johnson (2014) identify in cooperative
development of social skills, and group processing. These five elements separate
cooperative learning from traditional learning and traditional group work in a variety of
ways, ensuring that students all work, succeed, and do their part.
Positive interdependence is the idea that group members’ success comes from
each member’s individual success; the group does not do well unless everyone does
well (Deutsch, 1949). It is in this way that students feel responsible for their teammates’
work and success, in addition to their own. “Because students see themselves on the
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same side, they are motivated to encourage each other and to help their teammates by
showing each other how to learn and how to solve problems” (Kagan, 2013, p. 51). The
key for efficient groups is to strike a balance between working together in a group that
depends on one another and individual accountability. Having students teach the lesson
via cooperative learning allows for classmates to stop and reteach when confusion sets
in, whereas when a teacher is teaching the whole group, it is often not possible for the
teacher to stop the lesson and check for understanding with each student, and reteach
accountability; this element differs from traditional group work because in cooperative
learning students often receive a group grade and an individual grade (Johnson &
to each student, having each student explain what they have learned to a classmate, or
observing each group and documenting the contributions of each member” (Johnson &
Johnson, 2014, p. 844). This element deters a solitary group member from doing all the
work while other group members use the working individual for credit, but do not
participants pulled on a rope, first by themselves, exerting much strength, and then with
a partner, exerting much less strength, researchers, Igel and Urquhart (2012), noted
that adults “loaf when they can get away with it. Why would they expect children to
behave differently?” (p. 6). With individual accountability, each student must perform in
some way apart from their group (Kagan, 2013). Working together and communicating
with peers are both essential components of the learning process. It is important to note
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when researching about individual accountability, that researchers have reported that
the larger the group, the less likely the group members see their contributions to the
group as important to the success of the group. The more group members a group has,
the less likely some members participate and therefore affecting the individual
The third element in cooperative learning is interaction among peers. Within this
interaction, peers give feedback, encourage each other, challenge each other’s
comments, discuss problems, connect to prior learning, or schema, and in some cases,
teach or reteach (Johnson & Johnson, 2014). When students perform in this way, it
challenges them. It also moves students through the ZPD because students take
meaning from information that challenges them through working with other students
This is often one of the most noted benefits of the use of cooperative learning (Chen &
Chang, 2014). These skills must often be taught just like academic goals and can
conflict management skills (Igel & Urquhart, 2012; Johnson & Johnson, 2014; Spooner,
2015; Stahl, 1994). Through the development of these social skills, students develop
interpersonal and small group skills, like leadership, that will last a lifetime (Johnson &
Johnson, 2014).
processing or an internal check on the group’s dynamics to identify the skills the group
is using that are benefiting it and which skills the group is using that are hindering the
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group’s learning. Once these practices are identified, groups can decide what to
continue to do and what needs to change so that all group members are participating
Collaboration improves the way your team works together and problem solves.
This leads to more innovation, efficient processes, increased success, and improved
Junior High School in the Philippines. They found that before using cooperative
learning, the students level of performance did not meet expectation for both grade 9
and grade 10. After using cooperative learning however, the students performance was
satisfactory.
Since there was a significant difference before and after using cooperative
learning, they concluded that using cooperative learning can improve students
Cooperative learning technique enables learners to learn from each other and
gain important interpersonal skills (Topping, Thurston, Tolmie, Murray & Karagiannidou,
2011). The goals of cooperative learning are to enhance learners' learning and to
communication skills (Eslamian, Aref & Aref, 2012). This teaching strategy provides
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opportunities for higher order thinking as opposed to passive listening, reinforces
listening to others and gives opportunity for immediate feedback and adjustment of
Learners assist each other in understanding material/content and this may even
help them broaden their perspectives on issues. Often learners assess the ideas of
peers, determine whether they “fit” their own, whether they disagree, or partially agree,
resulting in an opportunity for better formulation of their own ideas. Some learners often
say, “I didn’t think of that” or “That’s a different slant”. Thus, learners talking together
groups will view each other as resources, but not as competitors, resulting in individuals
learning (Iksan & Zakaria, 2007). Members often provide information prompts, cues,
reminders and encouragement in response to other learners’ request for help or their
perceived need for help (Iksan & & Zakaria, 2007). In this way learners enhance their
that promotes learning across the range of curricula from primary through high school to
college (Gillies, 2003). This implies that the quality of education can be improved when
learners are actively learning in the classroom (Iksan & Zakaria, 2007
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CHAPTER III
Research Methodology
Collaborative learning on Students Quiz scores in Physical Science. The design was
employed mainly because of its strength which lies in the fact that advantages of each
approach complements those of the other making a stronger research design that yields
A quasi- experimental design compared the control group and the experimental
group using the learning material with major points: (i.) pre-test of students was given to
both experimental and control groups, (ii.) experimental group were guided by the
strategic intervention material after one week of the pre-test, (iii.) post-test of students
were given to both experimental and control groups after a week of intervention in the
experimental group. Table 1 shows a graphic form of quasi - experimental design of this
study. Y1 and Y3 represents the pre-test while the post-test is represented as Y2 and
Y4 for the experimental and control group respectively and X as the learning material.
Score
Score
Experimental Y1 X Y2 Y2 – Y 1
Group
High School. Specifically, The students of Prophet Jeremiah and Prophet Isiah.
This study will be using the pre-test and post-test on both the treatment group
and control group. The assessment measure was used as the main data-gathering
instrument.
This study was conducted in Saint James High School located at Barangay 5,
Curato Street, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, where the respondents of the researchers
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3.5 Data Gathering Procedure
The researchers will request for permission from the participating school’s
Principal and the School Research Coordinator, the researchers will conduct the study
in St. James High School Buenavista, Agusan, Inc in S.Y. 2023 – 2024. The
researchers will inform the School Research Coordinator and Physical Science Teacher
of each section.
The researchers will facilitate in the class while the Physical Science Teacher
Learning while the control group will not be exposed to any Collaborative Learning and
will stick to Traditional Learning. Likewise, both groups will undergo a pre-test and post-
test. The teacher-made tests will be distributed to the respondents and will be
After the pre-test the Physical Science Teacher will use the Collaborative
Learning Approach to the respondents. After the treatment the researchers will facilitate
The following tools were utilized by the researchers to analyze and interpret the
data:
the collection.
2. T – Test – is a statistical test that is used to compare the means of two groups.
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