RESEARCH GRANT

PROPOSAL
Prepared by: HINA KAYNAT
Roll # 06
M.Phil Education
Presented to: Dr. Muhammad Dilshad

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Teacher Education Curriculum

Development and Implementation
Proposal Title:

Students perception about the use

of collaborative learning at
elementary classes

Introduction

Collaborative Learning

A situation in which two or more people

learn or attempt to learn something
together.

Refers to methodologies and environment

in which learners engage in a common
task.

A technique designed to make learning a

lively and successful process.

Background of the Study

There are a number of learning theories

which can be used to describe the nature of
collaborative learning.
Philosophy of Rousseau in which he lays
stress on direct experience of things and on
the principle of learning by doing.
Collaborative learning is an umbrella term
for a variety of educational approaches
involving joint intellectual effort by students
and teachers together.

Statement of the purpose

To
To analyze
analyze the
the
students
students
perception
perception about
about
the
use
of
the
use
of
collaborative
collaborative
learning
in
learning
in
elementary
elementary
classes
classes

Objective of the Study

To analyze the impact of collaborative

learning techniques in elementary classes.

To find out the importance of collaborative

learning regarding with students
perception.

To identify the problems which students

face in using collaborative learning.
To suggest some recommendations to
improve effective collaborative learning
for elementary classes.

Significance of the Study

This study will be help full for
Identifying the problems which students face during
collaborative learning in elementary level classes.

Analyzing the collaborative learning techniques.

Suggesting some recommendation to improve effective

collaborative learning for elementary classes.

Research Questions

What are the collaborative learning

techniques in elementary classes at
colleges level?
What are the problems that students
face during collaborative learning in
elementary classes at colleges level?
Students perception regarding to
collaborative learning in elementary
classes at colleges level?

Research Methodology
Tool of
Research
A self-developed questionnaire
Populatio
Populatio
nn
All the elementary college students from
public colleges of Bahawalpur city
Sample
Sample
size
size
400 students including both male and
female randomly selected.

Analysis of Data

Data
Data will
will be
be
analyzed
analyzed through
through
SPSS
SPSS (Statistical
(Statistical
Package
Package for
for
Social
Social Sciences.
Sciences.
By
By using
using standard
standard
deviation
deviation
technique
technique
included
included mean.
mean.

Budget
No. Budget Head

Cost

Cost on copies of questionnaire

10000

Travelling, assistants expenditures during

data collection

50000

Research office material and supplies

30000

Publication and dissemination activities

60000

Total Expenditures

150000

Research Timeline
Research Activities

Estimated Timeline

Proposal Submission

5 September 2015

Finalizing of Research tool

10 December 2015

Data collection

3 march 2016

Data Analysis and its interpretation

10 June 2016

Reporting Results

1 July 2016

Final Activities

1st August 2016

References
1.

2.

MacGregor,J.M.(1990). Collaborative
learning: Shared inquiry as a process of refer
in Svinicki,M.D.(Ed), the changing face of
college teaching, New Directions for teaching
and Learning No.42.
Smith, B.L., and MacGregor, J.T.(1992). What
is collaborative learning? in Goodsell,A.S.,
Maher,M.R., and Tinto,V.(Eds.), collaborative
learning.A source book for higher Education.
National Center on Postsecondary Teaching,
learning, & Assesment, Syracuse University.

Thank
You