THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES BY USING DESIGN THINKING WITH GAMIFICATION TO PROMOTE PROBLEM SOLVING THINKING ABILITY FOR VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATE STUDENTS

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) Develop learning activities by using design thinking with gamification to promote Problem solving thinking ability among Vocational Certificate students, 2) Compare students’ Problem solving Thinking Ability after studying according to the criteria of 70 percent, and 3) Study students’ opinions on learning activities by using design thinking with gamification to promote Problem solving thinking ability among Vocational Certificate students. This research was a research and development. The sample group was 31 of vocational certificate students at Nakhon Sawan Vocational College, obtained from purposive sampling. The research instruments were: 1) Lesson Plan in Mathematics for Business and Service. 2) Problem solving Thinking Ability test. 3) Student works assessment form. 4) Problem solving Thinking Ability assessment form. and 5) Assessment of opinions on teaching and learning activities. The statistics used for data analysis included percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research results found that 1) Learning Activities; there was a focus on the Problem solving Thinking Ability from Design Thinking and Gamification. The results of the assessment of the appropriateness of Learning Activities by experts are at the highest level and the efficient was 89.76/87.06 according to the criteria of 85/85, 2) Students’ Problem solving thinking ability after studying was 87.02 percent, which is higher than the 70 percent criteria set, and 3) The students’ opinions on Learning Activities that were created by the researcher were at the highest level ( = 4.55, S.D = 0.54).