Abstract: - The study aims to find out the effect of cooperative social competence and academic achievement of low achieving earlyadolescents. Pre-test Post-test Control Group design is used to find out the effectiveness of the Co-Operative Learning Method. A sample consisting of randomly selected (N=82) Low achieving early adolescents; Experimental Group(n=41) and the Control Group (n=41) from a Government school from Thrissurdistrict, Kerala state, through convenience sampling technique were selected forexperimentation. Standardized question papers, Lesson transcripts based on Cooperative Learning Method were included. The Experimental group was given 50 intervention sessions of 40 minutes duration spread over five months. Statistical techniques such as the Shapiro-Wilk Normality test, independent ‘t’ test, and paired ‘t’ test wasused. The result revealed that the Co-Operative Learning Method has significantly improved the academic achievement and social competence among the Experimental Group.
Keywords: Social competence, Academic Achievement, Co-Operative Learning Method.