The Development of Learning Activity on the History Methods in Sukhothai Kingdom Evolution for Mathayomsuksa 1 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop learning activities using the historical methods to be effective in accordance with the criteria of 80/80, 2) to compare the achievement before and after the learning, 3) to compare the analytical thinking between before and after the learning And 4) to study the students’ satisfaction towards the learning activities using the historical method. Samples were 35 students of Chiang Yuen Phitthayakhom School, Maha Sarakham Province in academic year 2020, They were selected by cluster random sampling. The data collection instruments were 10 of lesson plans learning achievement test with the most appropriate and the averages  were 4.69-4.98,  the 20 questions of multiple-choices academic achievement test with the difficulty between 0.20 - 0.63, the discrimination between 0.20-0.63 and the reliability of 0.70, analytical thinking ability test with the difficulty between 0.50-0.70, the discrimination between 0.30-0.50 and the reliability of 0.74, and the satisfaction questionnaire with the Index of item objective congruence (IOC) between 0.60-1.00 . Data were analyzed by percentage, means, standard deviation, and t-test dependent.

            The finding of this research showed that; 1) the history methods lesson plans using had efficiency met the set criteria of 90.89/81.57, 2) The mean score after learning was higher than the before learning at the .05 level of significance, 3) students’ analytical thinking after learning was higher than before learning at the .05 level of significance. And 4) the students’ satisfaction towards learning in overall was at highest level ( = 4.88, SD = 0.32)