7he main purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' and students' atritude towards and practice of cooperative learning of 5/ 17 grade teachers & students. The subjects/or this study are 328fi/ih grade students and 69 teachers re"pectively in public schools found in Bahir Dar town. Participants were selected using stratified random sampling techniques considering the proportion of sections fe)r stratification. The data were collected using closed and open-ended questionnaire as well as a Likert scale. And the collected data was treated wilh t-tes!. The result showed that students have hetter aflitude towards cooperative learning than teachers. Although. teachers have the Keneral knowledge or know-how oj cooperative learning However, teachers practice of cooperative learning in their classrooms was fhund to be lower than the expected mean score. This implies that most of the sample teachers are not implementing cooperative learn inK in their classrooms regularly. Also students sex difference did not show siRnijicant a{{itude difference towards cooperatil'e learning Subsequently. the result secfioh isfe)llowed by possihle sURRestions taking into consideration the target group and other stakeholders.

A Thesis Submitted to Graduate Studies of Bahir Dar University in Partial Fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Education & Behavioral science in ucational Psychology