A Operation on Development of Achievement in Science Using Backward Design Approach for Grade Three Students at Baan Buenghom School under the Jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani’s Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

The research aimed to study the operational development of achievement in science  by using the backward design approach  for Grade three students and to compare the results of the operational development of an achievement in science before and after the operation for the students at Ban Buenghom School under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani’s Primary Educational Service Area 2.  The target groups were 20 students of Ban Buenghom School enrolled in the second semester of the academic year 2012, derived by a purposive sampling. The research instruments were divided into two types: 1) 12 lesson plans using the backward design approach,  2) the instruments used for data collection were (1) the achievement test, (2) the end-of-cycle test, (3) the teacher’s teaching behavior record, (4) the students’ learning behavior record, (5) the interview format for the students and (6) the record format for the post-learning outcome. Statistics used in the research were percentage, mean and standard deviation. 

The research findings were as follows:

1. An operation on development of achievement in science by using the backward design approach consisted of five circles: circle 1 on environment, circle 2 on soil resources, circle 3 on water resources, circle 4 forest resources, circle 5 use and conservation of natural resources. Each circle had the steps of planning, operating, observing and feeding back the results of the development of the achievement.  The backward design approach had three steps: 1) determining the learning targets, 2) determining the learning  evidence, and 3) planning for learning. It was found that the backward design approach could improve the learning achievement.
2. As for the comparison of the results of the achievement before and after the use of the backward design approach, it was found that the average scores of the students of Ban Buenghom School were higher than the previous ones.