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| Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris |
| The study was conducted to investigate the teachers' knowledge, implementation and
reservation regarding the concept of cooperative learning in the teaching of reading comprehension.
The study aimed to find out if the level of awareness was influenced by gender, academic
group, teaching experience, qualification, race and age group. It was conducted on 155 English
Language teachers from 21 schools in the District of Batang Padang. Questionnaires were distributed
to all teachers within two weeks. The Likert-type scale was extensive employed in the
questionnaires. The result of this study showed that there was no significant difference in the
awareness of secondary schools English Language teachers with respect to knowledge, implementation
and reservation regarding the use of cooperative learning in the teaching of comprehension.
Secondly, findings from the study showed no significant mean differences between the
independent variables (qualification, option/major, teaching experiences, races, age group) and
the dependent variables (knowledge, implementation and reservation) regarding the use of
cooperative learning. The T-test also showed there was no significant difference between gender
with respect to knowledge and implementation. However, there was significant difference between
gender with respect to reservation. The female teachers had more reservation than male teachers. It
is suggested that in teaching reading, comprehension through cooperative learning, teachers should
plan their lesson well. The size of the classroom and the facilities should be more practical.
Teachers need proper and condusive classrooms before implementing cooperative learning to avoid
failure of group work task and to
encourage students interaction.
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