Designing A Learning Activity to Writing Opinion with Design Thinking for Khamcha-I Witthayakhan school students.

Designing Learning Activities for Opinion Writing through Design Thinking for Khamcha-i Witthayakhan School Students

Abstract

The purposes of this study were (1) to study the issues related to students' opinion writing for Khamcha-I Witthayakhan school students.  (2) to design a learning activity for opinion writing, and (3) to develop students' opinion writing skills for Khamcha-I Witthayakhan school students. The study employed the Design Thinking process in five steps: Empathize, Define the Problem, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. Twenty-four students were selected as the research sample using a quota sampling method. The research tool was plan, an opinion writing assessment form, and its quality was verified through content validity. Data were analyzed using content analysis, mean, standard deviation, and a paired sample t-test was used to compare the mean scores before and after the implementation. The results found that (1) students had problems with the principles of opinion writing, especially in organizing and linking ideas, as well as in language use. (2) The designed learning activity for opinion writing followed principles aligned with the identified problem areas, including organizing thoughts, connecting ideas, and appropriate language use. The activity emphasized practicing the sequencing of thoughts and distinguishing between formal and informal language. (3) Students who participated in the learning activity showed significantly higher scores in opinion writing assessments compared to their pre-test scores at the .05 level (p < .001).