Rusdin Djibu
This study addresses the issue of low social intelligence among students in community learning centers in the city of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This low level of social intelligence is a result of an ineffective conventional teaching approach. Efforts have been made to overcome this problem by developing innovative learning models. This study aimed to develop a model of cooperative learning that could help to improve learners' social skills, based on cooperative learning theory and the theory of social intelligence. The method used in the study was research and development. The study revealed that there has not been an appropriate learning model to improve the social skills of students in the program, but that the learning process is carried out as a mere transfer of knowledge. Additionally, it was found that a cooperative learning model can enhance the social intelligence of the learners and the cooperative learning model implemented as a trial model was effective in improving students' social intelligence. This was indicated by an increase in the social intelligence of the students during and after the learning process. © 2016 Serials Publications.
Department of Nonformal Education, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman No. 6, Gorontalo, Indonesia
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