THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEAMWORK SKILL IN COOKING COURSE USING COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACH FOR GRADE 8 STUDENTS

Abstract

The objectives of this study aims to development of teamwork skill in cooking course using cooperative learning approach for grade 8 students. The data were gathered from a classroom of 37 grade 8 students, obtained from Cluster Random Sampling. The research instruments used consisted of 1) a Cooperative Learning Approach lesson plan, 2) a learning achievement test, 3) a teamwork skill assessment, and 4) a student satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed using data analysis for the purpose of the research. According to the first and the second objectives, t-test for dependent samples was used. The mean and standard deviation were used for finding the results of the third objective. The results revealed that the learning achievement of the grade 8 students after learning through Cooperative Learning Approach was higher than the achievement prior to learning through the approach with statistical significance at the .05 level. It was also found that the teamwork skills of the grade 8 students after learning through Cooperative Learning Approach were higher than the teamwork skills prior to learning through the approach with statistical significance at the .05 level. Finally, the results showed that the grade 8 students were satisfied with learning through Cooperative Learning Approach at high level.