THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING COMPUTING SCIENCE BY USING GAMIFICATION FOR GRADE 6 STUDENTS

Abstract

           The purposes of this research were; 1) to develop learning activities using gamification and develop students' computational thinking according to the criteria of 70/70; 2) to compare the computational thinking using gamification for grade 6 students with 70 percent criteria and 3) to study students’ satisfaction with learning activities using gamification to promote the computational thinking for grade 6 students. A sample was 29 students by cluster random sampling at Banprankratai School, who studying computing science in the first semester of the academic year 2024. The research instruments consisted of 1) 6 plans for learning activities, 2) computational thinking assessment form and 3) satisfaction assessment form. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, percentage, standard deviation, effectiveness (E₁/E₂), and t-test.

            The results of the research were as follows; 1) The efficiency of learning activities using gamification for grade 6 students was 84.57/80.23, 2) The students’ level of computational thinking accounted for 80.23 percent with was higher than the  criteria set of 70% and 3) Student’ satisfaction with learning activities using gamification to promote the computational thinking for grade 6 students was at the high level ( = 4.43 , S.D. = 0.62).