The Mediating Effect of Cooperative Learning in the Relationship between the Classroom Learning Environment and Language Learning Attitude
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Classroom Learning Environment, Cooperative Learning, Education, Language Learning Attitude, Mediating EffectAbstract
This research aims to determine the effect of cooperative learning as a mediating variable in the relationship between the classroom learning environment and language learning attitude. This is a non-experimental quantitative study using correlational and mediation methods. Data was collected face-to-face with 326 students in a public secondary school in the Cotabato division. The selection of respondents was done through stratified random sampling. Mean, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, Sobel z test, and medgraph were the statistics used. It was found that the independent variable classroom learning environment obtained a high level, as did the dependent variable language learning attitude. In contrast, the mediating variable of cooperative learning obtained the highest level. It was also found that classroom learning environment and cooperative learning had a significant relationship, as well as cooperative learning and language learning attitude and classroom learning environment and language learning attitude. The final analysis found that cooperative learning partially mediated the relationship between classroom learning environment and language learning attitude. The study shows that cooperative learning is important in improving the classroom learning environment and language learning attitude, so it would be beneficial for teachers and curriculum planners to include strategies that promote cooperation.
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