The Development of Reading Skills of Basic Thai Words using Cartoon Lessons in Conjunction with STAD Cooperative Learning for Prathomsuksa 4 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the effectiveness of cartoon lessons in conjunction with STAD cooperative learning; 2) to compare reading skills of basic Thai words for Prathomsuksa 4 students using cartoon lessons in conjunction with STAD cooperative learning; and 3) to study the satisfaction of Prathomsuksa 4 students with the use of cartoon lessons in conjunction with STAD cooperative learning. This study was one-group pretest-posttest design experimental research. 15 Prathomsuksa 4 students of Ban Pao School, Na Noi District, Nan Province, under the Nan Educational Service Area Office 1 were obtained by purposive sampling. The research instruments consisted of 1) cartoon lessons; 2) a learning management plan for Thai learning subject groups; 3) a test of basic Thai word reading skills; and 4) a satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation, analysis of process efficiency (E₁) and resultant efficiency (E₂) and T-Test independent. The results showed that 1) on the side of the effectiveness of cartoon lessons in conjunction with STAD cooperative learning to improve reading skills of basic Thai words for Prathomsuksa 4 students, the efficiency was 89.33/92.38 higher than the criterion of 80/80; 2) the reading skills of  basic Thai words of Prathomsuksa 4 students after learning management were higher than before at the statistical significant  .05; and 3) the satisfaction of  Prathomsuksa 4 students towards using cartoon lessons and STAD cooperative learning was the most level, 4.64 mean, 0.50 standard deviation.