Impact of Cooperative Learning method on the Creative Behavior of students of secondary schools of U.P.

Cooperative learning method is an instructional technique, in which positive interdependence among learners is involved. Cooperation refers primarily to small groups of students working together to achieve a common goal. In the present study the investigator used a self instructional package of cooperative learning of subject science. The researcher taught through cooperative learning technique to the students of class VIIIth through this technique up to twelve weeks. After that it was examined that is there any change in the creative behavior of the students. The 500 students of class VIIIth of different cities of U.P. constitute the sample of the study. For the purpose of data collection a self constructed tool of creativity and verbal and nonverbal test of creativity of Baquer Mehdi is used. The result shows that there was a significant difference in the creative behavior of the students. Further there was not a significant difference on the creative behavior of boys / girls and rural / urban students.