A Study of Grade 10 Students’ Learning Achievement and Attitude towards Studying Thai Literature Receiving Active Learning Management together with STAD Cooperative Learning Technique

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) To study learning achievement and attitude towards studying Thai Literature of Mattayomsuksa 4 students after receiving proactive learning management together with STAD cooperative learning technique so that at least 70% of the sample group passed the prescribed criterion of 70%; 2) to study the attitude of Mattayomsuksa 4 students towards studying Thai literature after receiving proactive learning management together with STAD cooperative learning technique. The target group consisted of 30 Mattayomsuksa 4 students studying in the second semester of the academic year 2019 in Pratat Nongsammuen School, under the Office of Secondary Educational Service Area 30. The target group was purposively selected. Two types of research instruments included: 1) experimental tool which consisted of 9 lesson plans; and 2) data collection tools that were consisted of 30 items of learning achievement test with 4 choices of each item and 30 items of attitude test on studying Thai literature. The collected data were analyzed through basic statistics of mean, standard deviation and percentage. The research findings were as follows. 1) The  students  made  a  mean score of learning achievement  at  22.23  or 74.11 per cents  of  the  full  marks, and the number of 25 students or 83.33 per cents  of  the  total  group passed  the 70 per cents criterion  that  was  in  line  with  the prescribed criterion. 2)The overall attitude of the students towards studying Thai literature through proactive learning management together with STAD cooperative learning technique was at the agreeable level ( = 3.71, S.D. = 0.07)