Advantages and Disadvantages of Number
Head Together Method
There are some advantages
of Number Head Together (NHT) technique by Slavin (2005):
a. Number Head Together (NHT) can improve students academic
achievement and be applied to almost all subject areas. cooperative learning
strategies including NHT technique is helpful in fostering
the four language
skills, strengthening grammar
and vocabulary power, and
improving English competence.
b. Number Head Together (NHT) can increase students engagement.
c. Number Head Together
(NHT) decreases dominance
from clever students
so that students‟ equal
participation will be apparent. Since students have to answer the
questions, all students
including the shy
or weak ones
should participate in reporting the answer.
d. Number Head Together (NHT) motivates students to learn. NHT can
motivate students since the technique has the sense of competition and fun for
students. Besides, students will
be motivated because
they are helped
by their teammates. Being
motivated, students will
participate actively during
the lesson.
Number Head Together
(NHT) encourages peer
tutoring from smart
students who know the
answer to other
team members who
do not. Having
to tutor peers and
receive peer tutoring
readers the exchange
of information much more dynamic than rote memorization and
individual textbook work
The disadvantages of Numbered Head Together (NHT) are:
a.
The smart student will tend to dominate so that
it can make the weak students have interior and passive attitude.
b.
The discussion process can go smoothly if there
are students just simply copy the work of smart students without having an
adequate understanding.
c.
If there are homogenous group so it will be
unfair for the group contained of weak students.
d.
Likelihood that number is called, called again
by the teacher, means that not all members of the group called by the teacher.
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