Using Think-Pair Share Cooperative Learning strategy to Improve EFL University Students' Achievement
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This study aims at finding whether Think-Pair Share Cooperative Learning strategy can improve EFL University Students' Achievement. The sample of this study is chosen from the first year students in the Department of English Language in The College of Education for Humanities at Tikrit University in the Academic year (2017/ 2018) and it consists of (80) students in which (40) students are experimental group and the others (40) students are control group .The two groups are equalized according to certain variables. This study adopted experimental design and the results are collected through pre-post achievement test. The students in the experimental group are taught according to Think-Pair Share cooperative learning strategy, while those in the control group are taught according to traditional method. Statistical formula is used to analyze the results. The results showed that there are statistically significant differences between experimental and control groups in the results of post-test in favor of experimental group. This indicated that the EFL students' achievement is improved by using Think-Pair Share strategy.
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