CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT EFFECTING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT OF MATHEMATIC OF SCHOOLS UNDER SURATTHANI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 3

Abstract

The objectives of this research included: 1) to study classroom management of schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3; 2) to study the components of classroom management affecting learning achievement in Mathematics of schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3; and 3) to propose the guidelines of classroom management that affect learning achievement of Mathematics of schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. Sampling groups of this research included 113 schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 selected though simple sampling. The instruments used were questionnaires from teachers teaching Mathematics in grade 6. The statistics used included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and multiple regressions.            

Results of this research were as the followings

1. Classroom management of schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, in overall 5 aspects, was at a high level. When considered by each component, it was found that discipline building in the classroom was at the highest level. This was followed by: taking into account the differences between persons; environment management conducive to learning; systematic teaching operations; then organizing activities for the students to be successful was at the lowest level.


2. Classroom management affecting learning achievement in Mathematics of schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, it was found that the components of classroom management in overall had no effect on academic achievement in Mathematics of schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 with a statistically significance at .05 level.


3. The proposed guidelines of classroom management that affect learning achievement in Mathematics of schools under Suratthani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 included: 1) The aspect of environment management conducive to learning, teachers have to arrange materials, equipment and various facilities; 2) Systematic teaching operations: The curriculum should be analyzed for school use; Learning management should be well planned to be used in teaching to meet the indicators specified by the course; 3) Organizing activities in accordance with the content and help enhancing responsibility and participation of students for their own learning and achieving success; 4) Enhancing discipline in the classroom by defining rules and agreements for orderliness in learning and teaching; 5) Taking into account the personal differences by visiting families of students and organizing learning activities responding individual differences.