INTEGRATING PEER COLLABORATION TO

IMPROVE SOCIAL STUDIES

UNDERSTANDINGWill group collaboration in a 4th grade classroom help improve students understanding in Social

Studies content?

By: Shiuli ArshadDr. Sharon O’Conner Petruso

CBSE 7202T

RESEARCH DESIGN

Research Design: Pre-Experimental DesignOne single Group: One designated treatment group (X)There are no control groupParticipants are not randomly selected. Students are selected from a 4th grade class.

One Group Pretest-Posttest DesignSingle group is pretested (O), exposed to a treatment (X) and post-tested (O). Symbolic Design: OXOParticipants will consist of 15 students for this researchResearch will be conducted for 6 weeks

PROPOSED DATA & ANALYSIS

Students

XPre

YPost

14 55%

22 74%

33 60%

41 77%

54 30%

64 56%

72 65%

83 70%

93 50%

102 77%

113 60%

122 55%

134 80%

141 78%

153 40%

0 2 4 6 8 10 120%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

Y-axisLinear (Y-axis)

X- Axis Social Studies Is Not Important

Y-

Axis

P

re T

est S

co

res

Pre survey vs. Pre Test Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150

2

4

6

Pre survey and Pre test scores

Series1 Series2

X- Axis Social Studies is not importantY-

Axis

P

re T

est

S

core

s

Rxy= -0.5

This is a weak negative correlation of -0.5. It shows that students view of social Studies did not effect their pre test scores.

The bar graph also shows that many students believed that social studies is no important and that did reflected on their pre test scores which many scored low on. The pre survey mean is 2.7 and the pre test score mean is 62%. The percentage of both the pre survey and pre test is 0.62%.

Pre Survey Mean= 2.7 Pre test score Mean=62%Percentage = 0.62%

PROPOSED DATA & ANALYSISStudents

Pretest

Posttest

1 3 4

2 2 3

3 3 4

4 2 2

5 2 3

6 1 2

7 4 3

8 2 3

9 2 4

10 3 3

11 1 1

12 3 2

13 4 3

14 3 3

15 2 3

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.50

0.51

1.52

2.53

3.54

4.5

Preference vs. Views on Per-formancen in Social Studies

Y-PostLinear (Y-Post)

Y A

xis

I l

ike S

oci

al

Stu

die

s

x- axis I do well in Social Studies

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150

1

2

3

4

Pre & post Survey

Series1 Series2

X-Axis I do well in Social Studes Y-

Axis

I

like S

oci

al

Stu

die

s

Pre survey Mean=2.46 Post survey Mean= 2.86

Rxy= 0.4

There is a positive correlation of 0.4 which is a weak relationship between the students pre survey question in liking Social Studies and their post survey question of doing well in Social Studies.

The bar graph shows both the pre and post survey results of students. Many students believed they do well in social studies before the intervention. After the intervention their post survey results showed a higher percentage of students like Social Studies.The pre survey mean shows 2.46 and post survey shows 2.86. The total percentage of the both is 0.86%.