Abstract:
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
