The development of critical thinking about financial ratio by cooperative learning : numbered heads together technique. case study undergraduate of Sripatum University chonburi campus

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) study about educational achievement in financial ratio of undergraduate of Sripatum University by cooperative learning: numbered heads together. 2) compare the learning achievement in financial ratio being taught by cooperative learning: numbered heads together technique and the Traditional teaching method . The population used in the research was 80 students that enrolled in business finance on semester 1/2012. The population was divided into a control group and an experimental group. Each group contained 40 students. For data analysis, mean , standard deviation, t-test were used. The research finding indicated that the learning achievements of students using the cooperative learning : numbered heads together technique and the traditional teaching method were at variance with statistical significance at the level of .05 whereas the learning achievement of students of the experimental group treated by cooperative learning: numbered heads together was found higher than the experimental group treated by the traditional teaching method.