DOI: 10.36344/ccijhss.2019.v05i02.004

Pages: 43-48

Cooperative learning is one of the student centred methods of teaching in the schools. Worldwide, educationalists are advocating for a transformation of classroom activities from a traditional essentialist style, in which the teacher is the main think tank which dishes out knowledge, with pupils passively receiving this knowledge; to learner centred styles. The study employed the quantitative methodology and adopted the descriptive and experimental designs. Questionnaires and observations were used to collect. The findings revealed that students performed better in cooperative learning and failure it over the teacher centred method, yet teachers are using the lather most of the time. The study recommends that schools should emphasize the use of cooperative learning as it improves academic performance of learners and enhances learner participation.