A Development of the Cooperative Learning Process with STAD Technique in the Unit of Social Studies, Religions and Culture : A Study of Civil Duties, Culture and Social Life at Prathom Suksa Two Level of Ban Kut Hin School under Yasothon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

Abstract

The research aimed to operate and study the results of a development of the cooperative learning process with STAD technique in the unit of social studies, religions and culture.  The samples were 15 Prathom Suksa 2 (Grade 2) students of Ban Kut Hin School under Yasothon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 in the school year 2011. A development of a cooperative learning technique STAD consisted of nine lesson plans. The research instrument was the learning achievement test.  Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics: percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The research findings were as follows.

1. The cooperative learning process with STAD technique consisted of three cycles. Each cycle was composed of three stages: planning, operation and observation, and feedback. The learning process comprised five stages: 1) introduction to the lesson, 2) learning in a small group in which members were given a content and studied it together, 3) test or quiz, 4) self-development and 5) praise. It has found that a cooperative learning process STAD was an activity which could help  students to have a higher achievement.
2. It was found that the outcomes of the operation, 87.11 percent of all students had the research the achievement scores as a passing criterion of 80.00 percent.