Effectiveness Of Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (Stad) Model For The Teaching Of Pak Studies At Secondary Level In District Kotli Azad Kashmir

Abstract: STAD is a Cooperative learning strategy in which small groups of learners with different levels of ability work together to accomplish a shared learning goal. The objectives of the study were to examine the effectiveness of the STAD model, to study the effectiveness of the Lecture Model, and to compare the effectiveness of the STAD model and lecture model. It was an experimental study, and a pre-test post-test control group design was used to conduct the research. The sample of the study was 44 randomly selected students from Government girls’ secondary school No. 1 Kotli. A pre-test was taken one week before the start of the experiment. Based on the scores of pre-tests, the students were divided into control and experimental groups. The students of the control group were instructed through the lecture method while the students of the experimental group were instructed through the STAD method. The treatment period was eight weeks. At the end of the experiment, the post-test was taken. The collected data were analyzed by using the SPSS 25 version and found that both the models were effective for the teaching of Pak studies, but the average marks of post-test of the experimental group were more than that of the control group. Hence it was concluded that the STAD Model was more effective for the teaching of Pak Studies than the Lecture Model. It was recommended that the STAD model be used instead of the lecture model at secondary and higher secondary levels because the students learn more in the cooperative learning environment.Keywords: Effectiveness, STAD, Academic, Achievements, Treatment.