Developing Analytical Thinking Ability and Achievement by CAI Lesson with Coding Program Based on Gagne’ Concept Computer level course for Grade 6 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop a CAI lesson for a 6th grade computer subject based on Gagne’ concept of instruction and used a coding program for instruction so as to have an effectiveness criterion of 80/80, 2) to study the efficiency index of the CAI lesson for the 6th grade computer subject as developed, 3) to develop analytical thinking ability of 6th grade students in order that they made a total mean achievement score of 80 or higher and that 80% of the students pass the criterion and 4) to develop the students’ learning achievement in computer subject using the CAI lesson in order that they made a mean learning achievement score of 80% or higher and that 80% of the students passed the criterion. The pre-experimental research design of One-Shot Case Study was applied for data collection, and the sample consisted of 25 grade 6 students in Kalayanee Wittaya School who were selected through a cluster random sampling during the second semester of the 2020 academic year. The Research instruments included four categories of 1) a CAI lesson based on Gagne’ instructional concept to be used with a coding program, 2) 12 instruction plans on the computer subject which took 12 instructional periods to finish, 3) a 6-item essay test to evaluate the students’ analytical thinking ability and 4) a 30-item objective test with 4 choices for evaluating the students’ learning achievement. The collected data were analyzed by means of applying percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation.
The research results were as follows:
1. The effectiveness of the CAI lesson based on Gagne’ concept (E1/E2) was 80.16/83.47.
2. The efficiency index of the CAI lesson as developed was 0.5020 which proved that the students have made a learning progress of 50.20%.
3. The students showed a mean achievement score of 80.73% in analytical thinking ability, and 22 students or 88.00% of the group passed the prescribed criterion.
4. The students made a mean learning achievement score of 83.47% of the full marks, and 24 students or 96.00% of the group passed the prescribed criterion.