Does Cooperative Learning Affect Student’s Motivation

Introduction

Cooperative learning is one of many important elements in learning. Many people especially student have been used cooperative learning as their learning method. Cooperative learning can also be used to improve the student social skill. The student can learn how to work together to solve a problem. I choose this topic because many people usually prefer to work alone in learning in other word without cooperative learning, and I hope this will help many people out there. As Sheerin cited (1996:56), Because of there are a different people with different ability in one group of learning, They can help each other, and cover each other weakness, so they will easier achieving their goal, yet There are still a problem in cooperative learning, so I will tell you about cooperative learning base on individualism versus cooperative learning, student motivation in learning, and cooperative learning affect student motivation.

Cooperative Learning versus Individualism

According to Zoltan Donyei, the meaning of cooperative learning is a method of learning that requires cooperation to accomplish their group learning goals, usually the learning in a form of a group with at least two people or more. Zoltan Donrei said that cooperative learning is a learning method based on student interaction in the classroom; it means the teacher will give instruction to the student this will help them to achieve their learning goal. Olsen and Kalgan 1992 have listed five ways to achieve cooperative learning structures. The first is structuring the goal it means that the group must work together to achieve group learning goals for example work together in the performance group. Second is structuring the rewards it means that the rewards...

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... the better job, or the salary has been increased. Extrinsic motivation has been separated into four parts. The first is external regulation means extrinsic motivation requires external action such as present and warning for example teacher praise his or her student because he or she get a good marks on the mid-term. Second, is introjected regulation this include external rule which student acknowledge, and it will force the student to obey the rule for example john must work on time if he late go to work he will be punished by his boss. Third, is identified regulation this will happen if the person is going to indicate the regulation process is, and acknowledge it. The last is the developmental form from extrinsic motivation, and it is integrated regulation this include regulation, which is being assimilated with the needs, values, and identities of the individual.