Determining the relationship between cooperative learning and decreased school anxiety (case study: elementary school students of shahinshahr, isfahan)

The present study is an attempt to determine the relationship between cooperative learning and decreased school anxiety. The study is a descriptive-correlational one. The population comprises all elementary school students of Shahin Shahr, Isfahan, of whom 100 were randomly selected as sample. The research tools comprised two questionnaires: (1) the researcher-made questionnaire of cooperative learning consisting of 10 items (=0.94) and (2) Sarason's school anxiety scale questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. In general, the findings revealed that there is a strong, significant relationship between the use of cooperative learning in the three aspects (preparation, process design, and process direction) and decreased school anxiety at P<0.05 level.