The Development of Animations on the Biography of Exemplary Buddhist Disciples and Jataka Tales for Grade 9 Students at Rasisalai School

Abstract

           This research aimed to 1) create and evaluate the effectiveness of animations about the Biography of Exemplary Buddhist Disciples and Jataka Tales for Grade 9 students at Rasisalai School, targeting an efficiency criterion of 80/80, and 2) compare the academic achievement in Social Studies, specifically on the Biography of Exemplary Buddhist Disciples and Jataka Tales, between Grade 9 students taught with animations and those taught with traditional methods. The sample for this study included 60 Grade 9 students from two classes at Rasisalai School, Sri Sa Ket Province, in the first semester of academic year 2019, selected through simple random sampling. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group taught using animations in Social Studies covering the Biography of Exemplary Buddhist Disciples and Jataka Tales, and a control group taught through traditional methods. The research tools included 1) the animations in Social Studies for grade 9 students about the Biography of Exemplary Buddhist Disciples and Jataka Tales, 2) a learning management plan, and 3) an academic achievement test. The test's reliability was estimated at 0.84  based on Randomized Group, Pretest-Posttest Design.Data analyzation calculated under mean, percentage, standard deviation and t-test independent.
           The research findings indicated that
           1) The animations about the Biography of Exemplary Buddhist Disciples and Jataka Tales for Grade 9 students achieved an effectiveness score of 80.27/80.33, which met the predetermined criterion of 80/80.
           2) The learning achievements in Social Studies about the Biography of Exemplary Religious Buddhist and Jataka Tales, for Grade 9 students taught using animations were statistically significantly higher than those taught using traditional methods, at the .05 level of significance.