Research Method About Absenteeism

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Absenteeism is a general and recurrent dilemma that primary schools and teachers are actually facing in the education sector. The most alarming fact is that the problem is turning into a more prominent issue. Authorities are trying to find measures to attend to this critical and pressing matter.

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Absenteeism and late coming have become problems in every organisation. Absenteeism if left unchecked may give rise to a number of problems like low morale, low affectivity, poor discipline etc. Absenteeism has number of affects on both student and as well as educational institution. Students have poor academic performance due to their regular absent to colleges.

and personal success in life. Regular attendance by every student is mandatory. In accordance with

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Individual student performance was superior when cooperative methods were used as compared with competitive or individualistic methods. Other studies show that cooperative learning is superior for promoting metacognitive thought, persistence in working toward a goal, transfer of learning from one setting to another, time on task, and intrinsic motivation. (Johnson, D. W.; Johnson, R. T.; Stanne, M. E. Cooperative Learning Methods: A meta-analysis. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

In this course, there were many different student centered strategies that were discussed. One strategy that was exposed was Cooperative learning. Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Cooperation is working together to accomplish shared goals but for me, it is much more than merely arranging students into groups. It is about the development of critical thinking skills, teamwork, positive relations, peer coaching and the establishment of environments where academic accomplishments are valued. With cooperative learning, each member of a team is responsible not only for learning

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I will practice a combination of two teaching methods. One of them, direct teaching, emphasizes structured lessons with interaction between students and teachers. The cooperative learning method is my second and most favorable method; it allows the students to work in small groups, which are evaluated based on group performance. It has been thought to promote intellectual and emotional growth. I observed this method during the field placement in my Education 210 class. I saw the student group’s work together: sharing, learning, and taking responsibility.

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Unlike individual learning, which can be competitive in nature, students learning cooperatively can capitalize on one another’s resources and skills (asking one another for information, evaluating one another’s ideas, monitoring one another’s work, etc.) ( Chiu, 2008). Furthermore, the teacher's role changes from giving information to facilitating students' learning (Syahrir, 2011). Everyone succeeds when the group succeeds. Ross and Smyth (1995) described successful cooperative learning tasks as intellectually demanding, creative, open-ended, and involve higher order thinking tasks. Five essential elements are identified for the successful incorporation of cooperative learning in the classroom.