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The aim of this study was to investigate the attitude, awareness and practices of the different stakeholders on implementing cooperative learning in secondary schools. The study was conducted on teachers, students, school principals, and supervisors in three districts of Benishangul Gumz Region. Methodologically, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), document analysis and interviews were used to gather data from the participants. As far as sampling techniques is concerned, convenient, purposive and comprehensive sampling were employed to select samples at various levels. Accordingly, 18 teachers, 3 school principals, 3 supervisors and 36 students (totally 60 participants) were taken as samples of the study. The results indicated that the teachers hold fairly positive attitude regarding cooperative learning in the schools, yet the study indicated that the teachers’ understanding the actual application of cooperative learning calls for further attention. Conversely, the actual employment of cooperative learning was less practiced in the secondary schools. For the students to be more reflective about how they work as individuals and group, they should be encouraged to plan on academic, affective and social goals for both in and off school times. Besides, the teachers at schools, supervisors and the education offices should reassess the attention given to follow-up, support and evaluation mechanisms regarding the implementation of cooperative learning.
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Alamirew, G.M. (1992). The Applicability of Group work in learning English. Addis Ababa University (Unpublished MA Thesis).
Animaw, A. (2011). Oral corrective feedback: an exploratory case study of the interplay between teachers’ beliefs, classroom practices, and rationale. Addis Ababa University. Addis Ababa.
Birhanu, M. (2019). Practices and challenges of cooperative learning in selected College of Arsi University: As a Motivational Factor on Enhancing Students' Learning. Universal Journal of Psychology 7(1): 1-17
Bruner, J. (1996). The culture of education. Cambridge, Harvard University Press.
“Concepts to Classroom” (n.d.) Retrieved on June 2016: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/coopcollab/index_sub3.html
“Cooperative Learning” (n.d) Retrieved on November 2016 (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&).
Creswell, J.W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications.
Dornyei Z. (2007). Research Methods in applied linguistics: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodologies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fraenkel, J. R., Wallen, N. E., & Hyun, H. H. (2012). How to desIgn and evaluate research In educatIon (8th ed.). New York: Mc Graw HIll.
Jacobs, G. M. Lee, C. & Ng, M. (1997). Co-operative learning in the thinking classroom. Paper presented at the International Conference on Thinking, Singapore.
Johnson, D.W. and R.T. Johnson. (1989), Cooperation and Competition: Theory and Research. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.
Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T., Holubec, E.J. (1994). Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. ASCD. Alexandria, VA.
Johnson, D. W. and Johnson, R. T. (1999). Learning together and alone: Cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning (5 th ed). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Sayonita G. Hajra. (nd) Challenges in implementing cooperative learning Retrieved on July 2016: ( http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu)
Syafryadin, I. N. R., & Widiastuti, R. (2013). Improving grade X students’ speaking achievement under Round Robin technique. International Journal on Education, 1(1).
Syafryadin, S. (2020). The Effect of Talking Chips Technique Toward the Improvement of Students’ Speaking Achievement at one of the Senior High Schools in Bandung. Linguists: Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 6(2), 1-13.