Effects of Cooperative Learning Strategy on Secondary School II Students’ Performance in English Grammar in Makurdi Local Government Area, Benue State

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of Cooperative Learning Strategy on Senior School II Students’
Performance in English Grammar in Makurdi Local Government Area, Benue State. The objectives of the
study were to find out the effects of cooperative learning strategy on SS2 students’ performance in subjectverb concord and performance in English tenses in Makurdi LGA. The study employed quasi experimental
research design in gathering data. Students’ Performance Test on Grammar (SPTG) was used as
instrument for data collection. The sample comprised 120 SS2 students drawn from 31 public and 50 private
co-educational secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. The data collected
were analyzed using statistical mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while Analysis
of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings
revealed that cooperative learning strategy is a metacognitive strategy that enhances teaching and boosts
students' performance in English grammar. It was therefore recommended among others that English
Language educators should consider implementing metacognitive strategies such as cooperative learning
to teach in order to enhance students' performance in English grammar.