An Analysis of Students’ Leadership Skills in Promoting Collaborative Learning at the Secondary Level

Abstract

The study was conducted to analyze students’ leadership skills in promoting collaborative learning at the secondary level. Study’s design was pre-and post-tests pre-experimental and 40 students participated in it. A questionnaire on students’ leadership and collaborative learning was developed, validated and piloted for collecting data. A pre-test was administered and then intervention on students’ leadership was provided. After intervention, a post-test was administered. Data were analysed using a pairedsample t-test to measure the difference of means in students’ performance on the pre-and post-tests. The paired sample t-test provided large differences between the pre-and post-test mean values. A correlation between the pre-and post-mean values aswell as the p-value for leadership skills in the post-test was p< .0001 and that of collaborative learning was p<.001 which was very small. It concluded that the intervention worked well and with the improvement in leadership skills among students, their collaborative learning attitudes were enhanced. It established that changes were not random but due to the intervention that brought improvement in students’ leadership skills, which in turn improved their collaborative learning skills and behaviours. The study recommended structured leadership development training through projects for developing leadership skills among students.