The Effect of Cooperative Learning Methods on Social Skills for Students with Special Needs

Higher education is expected to help students to master social skills and to adapt to the surrounding environment. Students with special needs have the same rights to get treatment and interact with others. This study aims to determine whether cooperative learning method could improve social skills for students with special needs. This study used Quasi Experiment approach with One Group Pre and Posttest Design. This study use purposive sampling technique to choose relevant subject for the research. The subjects of this study were 8 students with special needs. The results of statistical calculation between the results of pretest and posttest obtained the value of F = 1.275 shows significant influence on social skills between before and after treatment in the form of cooperative learning were given. Cooperative learning method can improve social skills of students with special needs at Special Needs Education Program of Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin.