An Assessment of the 21st Century Skills in Media Literacy of Grade 6 Students in Nonthaburi

Authors

  • Vandee Sangprateeptong School of Education Sukhothai Thummathirat Open University
  • Tassanee Chatthai School of Education Sukhothai Thummathirat Open University

Keywords:

Media Literacy, Assessment in the 21st Century Skills

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to evaluate and compare the 21th century skills in media literary of grade 6 students in Nonthaburi. The sample consisted of 435 grade 6 students in Nonthaburi randomed by multi-stage random sampling. The instrument was the media literacy test for grade 6 students. The statistics used in data analysis were general basic statistics, independent
t-test and one-way ANOVA.

            The research findings were as follows:

  1. The maximum media literacy score was 27 while minimum was 5, and mean was 19.68 from 30. The media literacy mean score of students in large, middle, and small size of schools, were 20.59, 19.05 and 16.20 respectively. The media literacy mean score of students in the Office of Education Area 1 and 2 were 18.65 and 19.62 respectively. The media literacy mean score of students in public and private schools were 18.52 and 20.17 respectively. 57.87 percent of students had a media literacy score at moderate level, 26.62 percent of students were in good level and 15.51 percent in the level of unqualified media literacy.
  2. Students in difference districts were different in media literacy but unknown in any pairs of districts. Students in difference size of schools were different in media literacy. Students in the Office of Education Area 1 and 2 were different in media literacy. Students in public and private schools were different in media literacy with the statistical significance at .05. level.

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Published

2019-06-29

How to Cite

Sangprateeptong, V., & Chatthai, T. (2019). An Assessment of the 21st Century Skills in Media Literacy of Grade 6 Students in Nonthaburi. Ubon Ratchathani Journal of Research and Evaluation, 8(1), 11–20. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ubonreseva/article/view/194317

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2019): January-June

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Research Articles

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