THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL THINKING ABILITY BY UTILIZING ACTIVITY BASED LEARNING FOR MATHAYOM 3 STUDENTS

Abstract

          The purposes of this research are 1) to compare analytical thinking ability before and after studying by utilizing activity-based learning for Mathayom 3 students.  2)  to study the satisfaction of Mathayom 3 students towards learning by organizing activity-based learning. The sample group included 24 students from Mathayom 3/3 at Santa Cruz Convent School in the first semester of the academic year 2023 those who obtained through cluster random sampling. The research instruments involved 1) lesson plans 2) testing paper and 3) a set of questionnaires on students’ satisfaction. Data were statistically analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and t - test for one group sample. The findings were revealed that were 1) The ability of analytical thinking after learning by activity-based learning was higher than before the experiment at significance level .05, and 2) The students’ satisfaction towards learning by activity-based learning was generally found at the ‘High’ level.