THE DEVELOPMENT OF 4TH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY IN THE THAI LANGUAGE SUBJECT THROUGH THE 5-STEP LEARNING METHOD TOGETHER WITH MIND-MAPPING TECHNIQUE

Abstract

The objectives of this study were l) to develop 4^th grade students’reading comprehension ability in the Thai Language Subject through the 5-STEP Learning Methodtogether with mind-mapping technique in order that the students made a mean achievement score of 80% or better and 80% of the students passed the criterion and 2) to develop 4^th grade students’ learning achievement through the 5-STEP Learning Method together with mind-mapping technique in order that the students made a mean learning achievement score of at least 80% or better and 80% of the students passed the criterion.  The target group consisted of 11 4^th-grade students in Don Kingkaeng Lao-noi School, under the Office of Chaiyapume Primary Education Service Area 2, who were purposively selected during the second semester of the 2021 academic year.  The One-Group Posttest Only Design was applied for the experiment.Research instruments included 1) 6 lesson plans for the development of reading comprehension ability in the Thai language which were based on the 5-STEP Learning Method together with mind-mapping technique, and took 12 instructional periods to complete,  2) an essay test for assessing the students’ reading comprehension ability by means of mind-mapping drawing, 3) objective quizzes on the six selected stories, 10 items on each story, totaling 60 items and 4) an objective test of 30 items for measuring the students’ learning achievement.  The collected data were analyzed by means of percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation.The findings show that: 1) The students demonstrated their reading comprehension ability through their mind-mapping drawing with a mean achievement score of 82.48% of the full marks; they also made a mean achievement score of 82.04% of the full marks from doing quizzes.  All the 11 students passed the two prescribed the criteria, 2) The students made a mean learning achievement score of 81.13% of the full marks in reading comprehension in the Thai language subject and all the 11 students passed the two prescribed criteria.