THE CAUSAL FACTORS INFLUENCING SCIENCE LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT OF MATHAYOMSUKSA 3 STUDENTS UNDER THE OFFICE OF BURIRAM SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were to examine the causal factors influencing Science learning achievement of Mathayomsuksa 3 students under the Office of Buriram Secondary Education Service Area Office. The samples consisted of 400 Mathayomsuksa 3 students under the Office of Buriram Secondary Education Service Area Office, obtained through multistage random sampling.  Seven causal variables include Parenting (X1), Environment conducive to learning (X2), parental learning support (X3), The quality of teaching (X4), Student's attitude towards science subject (X5), Self-image (X6), and Achievement motivation (X7). The dependent variable was the learning achievement of science subjects, academic year in 2020. The research instrument was 5-point rating scale questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, and path analysis using the prepackaged program LISREL 8.80. The research result indecated that the causal factors influencing science subject learning achievement of Mathayomsuksa 3 students under the Office of Buriram Secondary Education Service was fitted with the empirical data, with the Goodness-of-Fit indices of Chi-square (c²) = 26.36, df = 13, p = .015, CFI = .95, GFI = .98, RMSEA = .051; and all causal factors could explain the variance of learning achievement at 13%. The factor that directly influenced the learning achievement of science subject was the Achievement motivation which had an influence value of 0.110 with statistical significance at the .05 level. Factors that indirectly influenced the learning achievement
included Parenting (X1), Environment conducive to learning (X2), Parental learning support (X3), Quality of teaching (X4), and Student's attitude towards science subject (X5) which had influence value of 0.018, 0.010, 0.006, 0.019 and 0.059 respectively with statistical significance at the .05 level. Factor that directly and indirectly influenced the learning achievement was Self-image (X6) which had influence value of 0.150 with statistical significance at the .05 level.