Impact of Cooperative Learning Approaches on Students’ Academic Achievement and Laboratory Proficiency in Biology Subject in Selected Rural Schools, Ethiopia

Table 1

Multivariate analysis on students’ academic achievement scores by teaching methods and areas.

DV	Study areas					Method of teaching
	SS	DF	MS	F	value	SS	DF	MS	F	value
Pretest	33.3	2	16.7	0.2	0.8^ns	365.2	2	182.6	1.8	0.2^ns
Posttest 1	848.4	2	424.2	2.2	0.1^ns	9612.9	2	4806.4	25.1	0.00
Posttest 2	117.9	2	59	0.5	0.6^ns	10679.2	2	5339.6	44.2	0.00
Posttest 3	110.7	2	55.4	0.3	0.7^ns	12721.9	2	6360.9	39.9	0.00

Significant at ; significant at ; ns, not significant at ; DV, dependent variable; SS, sum square; DF, degree of freedom; MS, mean square.