An experimental study of applying cooperative learning method to enhance children's empathy and well-being in teaching 6th Grade Social Studies.

• Main Authors: Chen, Hui-Yu, 陳慧玉
• Other Authors: 陳李綢
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zg6a9z

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系 === 105 === The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of cooperative learning on empathy and well-being of grade 6 students. This research adopt quasi-experimental design, There were totally 49 6th graders from a public elementary school in Taipei City. Two classes of students were randomly assigned as experimental group and control group. The students in the experimental group went through 960 minutes experimental courses for 8 weeks, 120 minutes each week. The control group experienced traditional teaching method. The instruments used in this study include “Empathy Development Scale” and “Well-being Scale”. The statistical methods used in this research included descriptive statistics, one-way ANCOVA. The qualitative data, including “course feedback questionnaires”, "discussion sheet", “teacher’s reflective journals” for the purpose of surveying the effects of the experimental courses. The results of data analysis revealed that cooperative learning failed to improve student perceptions of empathy and well-being.