A DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS TRAINING KITS USING MURDOCH-INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR SIXTH GRADERS OF PHUPHA-NASAK SMALL SCHOOL NETWORK IN CHUMPHON PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this article were to 1) develop a training kits for reading comprehension skills, 2) to compare students' reading comprehension skills before and after studying with the reading comprehension skills training kits, 3) to compare the academic achievement of students between before and after studying with, and 4) to study students' satisfaction with learning with reading comprehension training kits. The sample consisted of 10 sixth-grade students at Watnongbua School. The instruments used in the research included 6 lesson plans, 6 reading comprehension skills training kits, a 20-item reading comprehension skills test with difficulty values ​​of 0.50 - 0.80, index of discrimination values ​​of 0.20 - 0.40 and reliability value of 0.71, academic achievement test with difficulty values of 0.62 - 0.80, index of discrimination values of 0.20 - 0.40, a reliability value of 0.70, and a 15-item satisfaction questionnaire with a reliability value of 0.92. Data were analyzed using basic statistics, including percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and t-test. The results revealed that 1) the reading comprehension skills training kits based on Murdoch's integrated approach had an efficiency value of 85.17/88.50 and an effectiveness index value of 0.62, which met the criteria. 2) Students’ average post-reading comprehension score was 17.00, higher than the average pre-score (13.10). 3) Students' average post-learning achievement was 17.70, higher than the average pre-learning achievement (14.00), and 4) students' satisfaction with learning with the reading comprehension skills training kits based on Murdoch's integrated approach was found at the highest level.