Factors Affecting the Passion for Learning of Lower Secondary School Students of Patumwan Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of the Big Five or five-factor personalities, learning styles and the passion for learning of lower secondary school students. 2) to study the variables in predicting passion for learning of lower secondary school students. This research is a survey research. The population in this study was 1,247 lower secondary school students in the academic year 2019, 354 of which were subjects of the research. Sample random sampling method was used, and the research instruments were the Big Five personality test, learning styles test and the passion for learning test. The statistics used for analysis were mean score, standard deviation, correlation coefficient, t-test, one-way ANOVA, stepwise multiple regression.

Results revealed that: 1) students received the highest score of extraversion among the Big Five personalities at the average score of 3.78, 2) students received the highest score of collaboratives style among the learning styles at the average score of 3.67, 3) students received the unity harmonious passion the highest among the passion for learning at the average score of 3.57, 4) students with different personalities had passion for learning level significantly differently at 0.05, 5) students with different learning styles had passion for learning level significantly differently at 0.01, 6) the combination of personality and learning styles factors that indicated the prediction of passion for learning at the statistically significant level of 0.01 were the factors of extraversion, openness to experience, participant styles, independent styles, collaborative styles and avoidant styles with a multiple correlation coefficient equal to 0.522. Scores on the combination of these six variables allowed for predictability of passion for learning scores at the 52.20 percent level.