The Development of Transitional Thai Basic Dance Skills and Thai Classical Dance Terminology by Direct Instruction Model of Grade 9 Students

Abstract

          The objectives of this study were 1) to develop grade 9 students’ skill in the basic Thai dancing   movements in connection with dancing terms through the Direct Instruction Model so that the students could make a mean achievement score of “Good” level or better and 80% of the sample group passed the criterion and 2) to study the students’ satisfaction with instructional activities basing on the Direct Instruction Model.  This was essentially a pre-experimental study applying the One-Shot Case Study Design for data collection.  The target group consisted of 22 grade 9 students in Ban Na Dee Koke-glang School, under the Office of Udorn-thani Primary Educational Service Area 2, during the second semester of  academic year 2020.  Research instruments included: 1) 12 lesson plans basing on the Direct Instruction Model which took 12 instructional periods to complete, 2) a 5 level evaluation form, consisting of 10 items, to evaluate the students’ basic dancing movements practice and 3) a 5 level evaluation form, consisting of 20 items, to evaluate the students’ satisfaction with instructional activities basing on the Direct Instruction Model.  The collected data were analyzed by means of applying basic statistics of arithmetic mean, percentage and standard deviation.
          Results of the study:
          1. The students made a mean achievement score 90.77% of the full marks which was equivalent to the “Best” level of skill in basic Thai dancing movements in connection with dancing terms, and 19 students, or 86.36% of the group, passed the criterion and  was higher than the prescribed criterion,
          2. The students got a “Highest” level of satisfaction from participating in the learning activities based on the Direct Instruction Model ( = 4.63, S.D. = 0.54).