A Development of Web-Based Instruction Based on Constructivist Theory on Open Office Applications

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to develop and examine the efficiency of a constructivist of web-based instruction on Open Office Applications and 2) to compare the learning achievement on Open Office Applications of the subjects learning through the constructivist web-based instruction and the subjects learning through traditional method. The samples in the research were 40 from 90 students in the first year of the their secondary education, in the academic year 2013 at Tassaban 2 Wipatsuksa School, Surin province, Thailand, selected by simple random sampling method. Instruments of research consisted of Web-Based Instruction, the quality evaluation form of Web-Based Instruction and an achievement test.

\The research instrument was a web-based instruction based on constructivist theory on Open Office Applications. Efficiency of the web-Based instruction was obtained from achievement scores of the sub-tests and post-test, by using the criterion set of 80:80. Then, the scores were statistically compared with those of controlled group by using Independent Sample t-test.

The results of this study showed that 1) the quality of the constructivist web-based instruction on Open Office Application was at good level when considering the lesson contents ( = 4.35) and media production ( = 4.43)  2) the efficiency of the constructivist web-based instruction was in accordance with the required criteria at least 80:80 at E1:E2 = 84.25:81.13   and  3) the learning efficiency of the students learning  through the constructivist web – based instruction was better than those of the regularly instructed group, with the significance level of .05