Development of The STUDIES model to Promote Instructional and Classroom Management for Undergraduate Students Teachers

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to develop and examine the efficacy of a constructionist learning model called the STUDIES Model and to evaluate its effectiveness of per the following criteria: (1) Education students’ knowledge before and after the STUDIES Model had been applied to instruction and classroom management;(2) their ability to develop lesson plans based on the STUDIES model;(3) their ability to put the STUDIES Model into practice; and (4) their opinions on the STUDIES Model. Using cluster random sampling, the sample comprised 24 students majoring in English at the Faculty of Education, Nakhon Phanom University, in the second semester of the 2017 academic year. Instruments used in data collection were the STUDIES Model, lesson plans, tests, an evaluation form for lesson planning, and an evaluation form for lesson plan application. The information obtained was analyzed using t-test, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.

The STUDIES Model—which is an initialism that stands for Setting learning goals, Task analysis, Universal design for instruction, Digital learning, Integrated knowledge, Evaluation, and Standard—met the criterion proficiency standard of 80.56 / 80.06. In terms of its efficacy, the STUDIES Model produced the intended result: students were found to have an increase in their knowledge than before the application of the model with a significant statistical difference of .01. In terms of its effectiveness, the students’ ability to plan lessons using the STUDIES Model was found to be at a “hight level” while their performance in new situations was found to be at the “Creative-Generative level.” Their ability to execute their lesson plans using the STUDIES Model was found to be at a “medium level” as well, while their performance in new situations was found to be at the “Meditative.” Overall, students “strongly agreed” with the STUDIES Model and “moderately agreed” with its benefits, classroom atmosphere, and classroom activities.