DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH COOPERATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES THROUGH STAD TECNIQUE FOR GRADE 3 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this study were as follows: 1) To improve English cooperative learning activities for grade 3 students to be effective according to 75/75 criteria; 2) To compare learning achievement of the students before and after using English cooperative learning activities through STAD technique for grade 3 students; 3) To study the satisfaction of the students towards English cooperative learning activities through STAD technique for grade 3 students. The sample group was 25 grade 3/1 studying in the second semester of 2019 at Suanson School, Muang District, Khon Kaen Province. They were selected by Cluster Random Sampling Technique. The research instruments were: 1) 8 plans of cooperative learning activity through STAD technique and the length of each plan was 2 hours and 16 hours in total; 2) 30 items of objective test of English learning achievement with 4 choices of each item; 3) satisfaction questionnaires and statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test Dependent Samples. The research results were as the followings. 1) The cooperative learning activities through STAD technique for grade 3 students were efficient equal to 80.61/82.44 which was higher than the criteria of 75/75; 2) The post test score of learning achievement of the students after cooperative learning activities through STAD technique was significantly higher than the pretest score at 0.5 level; 3) The students were satisfied with the cooperative learning activities through STAD technique at the highest level (=4.55/S.D. = 0.26)