Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 PhD candidate of Educational Technology azad.k
2 Member of Faculty at Allameh Tabataba’i University
3 M.A. candidate of Educational Technology
Abstract
This study is aimed at exploring effectiveness of corporative and
brainstorming teaching methods in social competency of male junior
high school ٢
nd
-graders in the city of Ghods. The study is of applied
nature. In order to achieve the research goal, the authors adopted the
quasi-experimental research method. The research plan comprises pretest and post-test with experimental groups ١ and ٢. The statistical
population consists of all male junior high school ٢
nd
-graders in the
city of Ghods in the academic year ٢٠١١-٢٠١٢. Classes ٢/١ and ٢/٣
from Shahid Mortazavi Junior High School were taken as the sample
and selected using the two-stage random cluster sampling method.
Randomly, class ٢/٣ was exposed to the independent variable of
corporative method, and class ٢/١ was exposed to the independent
variable of brainstorming method. First, a social competency pre-test
was administered to both groups, and after presentation of the course
at the second semester, a post-test was administered to the both. The
data originating from the pre-test and post-test were analyzed with
MANOVA for the discriminant scores. The research findings suggest
that the corporative teaching method is more effective in social
competency than the brainstorming method. It is recommended that
the teachers should become familiar with the application of active
teaching methods to make improvements in mental-social conditions
of the students.
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