THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATIC LEARNING ACTIVITIES USING ACTIVITY – BASED LEARNING TO ENHANCE SYSTEMS THINKING ABILITY ON THE TOPIC OF PARALLELOGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADE 5

Abstract

                The research aims to 1) Study the guideline for learning activities using Activity – Based Learning to enhancing Systems Thinking ability about the topic in Parallelograms and 2) Study the effect of learning activities using Activity – Based Learning to enhancing Systems Thinking Ability about Parallelograms for 5 students in grade 5 in a certain school in the Province of Phrae. Classroom action research was applied by the researcher and the following tools used were activity sheets, reflection forms and systems thinking test. The data were analyzed by content analysis and analytic scoring.

                 The following findings were as:

1. Guidelines for learning activities using Activity – Based Learning to enhance Systems Thinking ability should be emphasized that Step 1: reviewing experiences and stimulating learning, use questions to review previous knowledge. Provide media or activities to attract attention. Step 2: Activity should be activities related to real-life problem situations. And used questions to enhance systems thinking ability. Step 3: Reflection and step 4: Evaluation, used questions to stimulate learning to lead to joint discussion. Step 5: Application. should give advice when students have trouble finding an answer.


2. Most students have a high level of systems thinking ability. On which Activity - Based Learning helps develop systems thinking ability.