A Study of Learning Achievement and Problem Solving abilities on natural resources and the environment of Grade 7 Students with Creative Problem Solving Learning model

Abstract

The research was a pre-experimental research with one group pretest - posttest design aiming: 1) To develop lesson plan with Creative Problem Solving Learning Management of grade 7 students to be efficient at the criterion of 80/80; 2) To compare the pre and post learning achievement of grade 7 students through Creative Problem Solving Learning Management; 3) to compare problem solving abilities of grade 7 students that received Creative Problem Solving Learning Management; and 4) to study the learning retention of grade 7 students. The sampling groups through simple random samplings were 7 students studying in grade 7 in the second semester of the academic year 2019 at Ban Prakum School, Nakornratchasima Province. The research instruments used were: 1) eight lesson plans with the duration of 16 hours; 2) thirty items of objective achievement test with 4 choices with the difficulty value of each item between 0.30-0.80, discrimination value between 0.20-0.47 and reliability value of the test at 0.75; 3) Twenty items of problem solving abilities through situational test with reliability value at 0.88. Data were analyzed by percentage (%), mean (), standard deviation (S.D.) and statistics used for analyzing data included One Sample Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The research findings were as the followings: 1) The lesson plan through Creative Problem Solving Learning Management in Natural Resources and Environment Unit of grade 7 students was efficient following E₁/E₂ equal to 83.42/82.38 that was higher than the specified criterion. 2) Post-learning achievement of grade 7 students through Creative Problem Solving Learning Management was higher than pre-learning achievement with statistical significance at the level of .05 3) The problem solving abilities of grade 7 students through Creative Problem Solving Learning Management at post-learning was higher than pre-learning with statistical significance at the level of .05  4) The learning retention of grade 7 students after 2 weeks of learning management through Creative Problem Solving Learning Management was higher than the specified criterion with statistical significance at the level of .05