The Development of Active Learning Activities on Thai Culture for Mathayomsuksa 4 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were; 1) to develop learning activities by using active learning approach with the efficiency of 80/80, 2) to compare the students’ learning achievement between before and after  the active learning , 3) to compare the students’ analytical thinking ability between before and after the learning activities, and 4) to study the students’ satisfaction towards  the active learning. The sample were 43 Mathayomsuksa 4 students of Chiang Yuen Phitthayakhom School, Maha Sarakham Province, academic year of 2020. They were selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments were; lesson plans, learning achievement test, analytical thinking ability test, and questionnaire. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test dependent samples.

                 The results of this research showed that; 1) the active learning lesson plans using had efficiency met the set criteria of 83.09/81.51. The achievement mean score after learning was higher than the before learning. 3) Students’ analytical thinking ability after the learning was higher than before the learning at the .05 level of significance, and 4) the students’ satisfaction towards learning in overall was at highest level.