A Study on the Effects of the Cooperative Learning Method in Science and Technology Education on the Students’ Attitude: Bursa Model

In this study, the e mphasis was given on the effects of the cooperative learning method on the primary education 7th grade students’ attitudes in science and technology education. a total of 101 students of four different schools in nilüfer, kestel and yıldırım provinces of bursa were selected and participated in this study in which the chapter of “human and environment” was studied using the cooperative learning method. the data originated from the application results were collected by means of the survey of the students’ opinions on the cooperative learning approach consisting of 20 questions, and evaluated using the spss 13.00 packaged software. in accordance with the results of the comparison made among the students studying science and technology subject at the four selected schools, it was found that the cooperative learning method was positively effective in the attitudes of the 65% of the students, while it was negatively effective in the 20% of them; and it was also found that it was non-effective in the 15% of the students.