OUTCOME OF USING READING COMPREHENSION FOR MAIN IDEA OF THAI LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT FOR MATTHAYOMSUKSA 1 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to measure the efficiency of Reading Comprehension for main idea of Thai language for Matthayomsuksa 1 students to be efficient according to the 80/80 criteria, 2) to find the effectiveness index  of the reading exercises for main idea of Thai language department for Matthayomsuksa 1 students with the increasing scores, and 3) to compare learning achievement of Matthayomsuksa 1 students who learned with the Reading Comprehension   for main idea learning scores of Thai language department for Matthayomsuksa 1 students between the pre and post-learning scores.  The sample was a group of 30 Matthayomsuksa 1/4 students from Phusinghprachasermvit School under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Si Sa Ket Yasothon gaining from Cluster Sampling by using the school as a random unit. The research instruments included: 1) Five sets of Thai Reading Comprehension on reading  for main idea, 2) Five lesson plans of Thai learning management on reading for main idea and   3) Pre and post-learning achievement test with four multiple choices, thirty items on reading  for main idea.  Statistics used for data analysis were mean, percentage, standard deviation and  t – test dependent samples for hypothesis testing. The results found that: 1) The outcome of using the exercises on reading for main idea of Thai language department for Matthayomsuksa 1 created by the researcher had the efficiency (E1/E2) of 87.28/84.43, which was higher than the set 80/80 criteria. 2) The outcome of using the exercises on reading for main idea of Thai language department for Matthayomsuksa 1 had the effectiveness index EI=0.6078, which meant that after leanring with the reading exercises for main idea, the students increased their knowledges for 60.78 percent. 3)The outcome of using the exercises on reading for main idea of Thai language department for Matthayomsuksa 1 showed that those who learned with Reading Comprehension for main idea had post-learning achievement higher than pre-learning with statistical significance   at .01 level.