Comparison of Group Discussion and Lecture on the Social Skills of High School Students in Chemistry for the Academic Year 93-92

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the group discussion teaching method with lecturing teaching method on social skills growth rate of high school girls. Research method, semiexperimental, includes two types (experimental and control). In experimental group, the group discussion teaching method and in the control group, the lecturing teaching method was used. At the end of each teaching method, a test had been taken with a questionnaire about social skills rate. The evaluation instruments in this study were Matson et al social skills rate measurement. According to the studies of Yousefi and Kheir (2002), the reliability of Matson social skills measurement with the use of Cronbach’s alpha ratio and Classification method in the total scale was reported as 0.86. Two levels of descriptive level (frequency, average standard deviation) and Inferential (Levin and Shapiro examination – Vikez and covariance analysis) were used for data analyzing. Results show that in level of p<0.01, there had been a great difference between social skills’ grades. The average of experimental group was more than control one. Therefore, group discussion teaching method increased the students’ social skills.