Abstract
This study aims to determine the impact of cooperative learning strategies in the social development of senior high school learners in San Narciso, Quezon. The study involved 40 respondents from a private school located in San Narciso, Quezon. The researcher used questionnaire to gather reliable data answered by the target respondents. The descriptive method was used to gather data needed to determine the impact of cooperative learning strategies in the social development of senior high school learners in San Narciso, Quezon. Nearly every one of them had age range of 16-17 years old (68%) and the rest falls in the age range of 18 years old and above (32%). Most of them are male (65%) while the remaining are female (35%). Respondents which are grade 11 and 12 have the same percentage of 20%. Upon the impact of cooperative learning strategies in their social development, the result shows that under Interpersonal Competence, students build interests with a mean of 4.15. Under Social Competence, students become motivated to participate with a mean of 4.1. While in Teamwork Competence, working in teams boost their morale and motivation which gained the highest rank with a mean of 4.23. Meanwhile, in problems encountered in cooperative learning strategies, the results show that in terms of group selection, decision-making takes more time got the highest mean of 4.2. Upon the roles of the group members, group mates’ intimate relationships got the highest mean of 3.88. When it comes to evaluation, 3.83 stated that teacher’s poor development of students' competence can influence students' motivation to learn. Thus, it indicates that there is a positive strong relationship between the perceived impact and problems encountered in cooperative learning strategies evidenced by Spearman Rho Coefficient of 0.476. This was to conclude that there is no significant relationship in the responses of various age groups, and the male and female responses. While, there is a significant relationship in the responses of grade 11 and 12 students on the impact of cooperative learning strategies in their social development.
