DEVELOPING GRADE 1 STUDENT’ COMPUTATION TECHNIQUE ABILITY AND LEARNING ACHIRVEMEN BASED ON THE STEM EDUCATION CONCEPT

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to develop grade I students’ computation technique ability based on the STEM Education Concept so that they made a mean score of 80% or better and that 80% or more of the students passed the criterion and 2) to develop grade I students’ learning achievement in the application of basic technology to the step-by-step problem solving based on the STEM Education Concept in order that they made a mean score of 80% or better and that 80% or more of the students passed the criterion.  The One-Group Posttest Only Design was applied for the study.  The sample group consisted of 13 grade I students at Ban Na Kai Na Kamnoi Wittaya School in Suwannakuha District, Nong Bualampu Province, who were purposively selected during the second semester of the 2021 academic year. Research instruments included: 1) 5 lesson plans based on the STEM Education Concept, 2) a computation technique ability evaluation form and 3) a learning achievement test.  The collected data were analyzed by means of percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation.  The findings show that: 1) The students made a mean achievement score of 21.84 which is equivalent to 87.38% of the full marks in computation technique ability, and 11 students which is equivalent to 84.61% of the group passed the prescribed criterion, 2) The students made a mean learning achievement score of 17.02 which is equivalent to 89.61% of the full marks, and 11 students which is equivalent to 84.61% of the group passed the prescribed criterion.