THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH READING SKILLS AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT OF GRADE 5 STUDENTS BY USING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUE INTEGRATED WITH BRAIN-BASED CONCEPT

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop English reading skills of grade 5 students through LT technique collaborative learning management integrated with brain-based concept to pass criteria at 75% of full score and there were more than 75 % of total students passed the criteria, 2) to develop learning achievement of grade 5 students through LT technique collaborative learning management integrated with brain-based concept to pass criteria at 75% of full score and there were more than 75% of total students passed the criteria. The sample group consisted of grade 5/6 students, semester 2 of academic year 2020, Sanambin school. The sample group was obtained from cluster random sampling method using classroom as a random unit. The research instruments included 1) 6 learning management plans on English subject by using collaborative learning technique integrated with brain-based concept, each plan was taught for 2 hours, with the total number of 12 hours with =4.67 average level of appropriateness, 2) 24 items of English reading skill test, 3) the achievement test of multiple-choice type with 4 choices, with the total number of 30 items with discriminant power value at 0.26-0.74, difficulty index at 0.45-0.76 and reliability of the whole issue at 0.81. The statistics used to analyze data comprised percentage, mean and standard deviation. The research results were found that: 1) The average score of English reading skills of grade 5 students who studied through LT technique collaborative learning management integrated with brain-based concept was at 11.82, or 98.50% of full score, and 40 students passed criteria, or 100% of the total number of students. 2) Average Learning achievement of grade 5 students who studied through LT technique collaborative learning management integrated with brain-based concept was at 25.65, or 85.50 % of the full score, and there were 35 students who passed criteria, or 87.50 % of the total number of students.