Developing Essay Writing Using Mind Mapping Exercises for Grade 6 Students at Tham Pla Wittayayon School

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: (1) to develop essay writing skills using mind map exercises for Grade 6 primary school students at Tham Pla Witthayayon School, Office of Kalasin Primary Education Service Area 1, with an efficiency criterion of 80/80; (2) to compare the achievement in essay writing using mind map exercises before and after the learning process; and (3) to study the satisfaction of Grade 6 primary school students towards essay writing using mind map exercises. The target group for this research consisted of 15 Grade 6 primary school students from Tham Pla Witthayayon School, who studied during the second semester of the 2566 academic year (2023), selected through purposive sampling. The research tools included: (1) 10 learning management plans, with each plan taking 2 hours for experimentation; (2) 10 sets of mind map exercises; (3) an achievement test in essay writing using mind map exercises, consisting of 40 items; and (4) a satisfaction survey on the learning process. The data were analyzed using mean (x̄), standard deviation (S.D.), and the t-test for dependent samples. The research results were as follows: 1) The efficiency of the mind map exercises for essay writing for Grade 6 students was found to be 80.89/82.22. 2) The achievement in essay writing using mind map exercises was significantly higher after learning, with statistical significance at the .05 level. 3) Grade 6 primary school students showed a high level of satisfaction with the learning process using mind map exercises.