The Effects of the STAD Cooperative Learning Technique towards Learning Achievement in Thai Dance Vocabulary and Ramwong Dance of Secondary School Student

Abstract

The objective of this research is to compare the academic achievement of students using cooperative learning through the STAD technique with those using traditional learning methods. The sample consists of 76 first-year high school students from Rachinee Buranas School in the first semester of the 2024 academic year. The participants were divided into two groups: the experimental group, which employed the STAD cooperative learning technique with 36 students, and the control group, which used traditional learning methods with 40 students. The tools used in the experiment included: 1) A cooperative learning Plan using the STAD technique on the topic of Thai dance vocabulary and Ramwong dance, featuring the songs “Ngaam Saeng Duean” and “Duang Jan Thang Pheng”, 2) A traditional learning Plan on the same topics and songs, 3) An achievement test consisting of 30 questions on Thai dance vocabulary and Ramwong dance. Data analysis involved calculating the mean and standard deviation, and comparing the post-learning achievement scores between the experimental and control groups using an independent samples t-test.
The research findings indicated that: the average achievement score of the experimental group (M = 23.64, S.D. = 2.76) was significantly higher than that of the control group (M = 21.73, S.D. = 2.91) was to t-test independent at the .05 level.