A Comparison of the Cooperative Teaching Method through the E-learning Environment with Lecture Method and its Impact on Creativity and Educational Development

In the present study, the participatory teaching method is compared through the e-learning environment with the lecture method and its impact on creativity and educational development. This study has been done using experimental and pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all male students in the second grade of high school in Islamabad the West. They were studying at the Iranian school year of 1995-1394. The statistical sample includes 30 male students in the second grade of high school (15 people in the experimental group, 15 people in the control group) and the information was obtained by available sampling method. The toolkit for this research was the Torrance Creativity Questionnaire and the test that the researcher designed. The validity of the tool was assessed through the internal consistency method which showed 81% for the creativity questionnaire. The reliability was assessed via the retest method which showed 86% for fluidity, 84% for creativity, 86% for flexibility, and 79% for expansion. For statistical calculation, SPSS software version 16 was used. T-test was used to examine the hypotheses. The results showed that e-learning had a significant effect on student's creativity and learning development (p