Learning Management of Synectics Instruction Model for Developing Creative Writing Skills of Matthayomsuksa 1

Abstract

             The objectives of the research were 1) to create and develop the lesson plan about creative writing skills through using the Synectics Instruction Model of Matthayomsuksa 1 students who had studied Basic Thai Language 2, 2) to compare the creative writing skills between pre-test and post-test of Matthayomsuksa 1 students who studied Basic Thai Language 2 by using the Synectics Instruction Model, and 3) to examine the questionnaire for Matthayomsuksa 1 students’ satisfaction towards the Synectics Instruction Model approach.
          The sample of the research was 34 students who studied in Matthayomsuksa 1 at Santikhiri Witthayakhom School. The sample was drawn from one of five classes using the sample random sampling method.The research instruments used to collect the data consisted of 1) the lesson plans of the creative writing skills using the Synectics Instruction Model, 2) pre and post assessment of creative writing skills that had an IOC compliance index of 0.96, and 3) the questionnaire of students’ satisfaction towards the Synectics Instruction Model approach and the IOC consistency Index of the satisfaction questionnaire was 0.86. The statistics for analyzing the data concluded basic statistics, mean, standard deviation, and the t-test for dependent samples.
           The research findings indicated that 1) the lesson plans average score was found at the highest level (= 4.66,S.D=0.32)   2) the creative writing skills’ comparison between pre-test and post-test of Matthayomsuksa 1 students in Basic Thai Language 2 class was 11.26 and 15.38,respectively.The post-test was higher than pre-test was .05 level of statistical significance, and 3) the result of questionnaire for Matthayomsuksa 1 students’ satisfaction was found to be a high level ( = 3.85 ,S.D= 0.12).