The Development of a Cooperative Learning Set on the Topic of Local Government for Mathayom 4 Students at Rayong Witthayakhom School

Abstract

The research aimed to: 1) develop a cooperative learning package on the topic of local government for Mathayom 4 students with efficiency according to the criteria of 80/80, 2) compare the academic achievement of Mathayom 4 students who studied with the cooperative learning package on the topic of local government before and after studying, and 3) study the satisfaction of Mathayom 4 students who studied with the cooperative learning package on the topic of local government. The target group consisted of 30 Mathayom 4 students who were selected by purposive sampling. The data collection tools included the learning package, pre-test and post-test, and satisfaction questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis included mean, standard deviation, and hypothesis testing using t-test with dependent samples.

The research results revealed that: 1) the development of 3 learning sets (Subdistrict Administrative Organization, Municipality, and Provincial Administrative Organization), by testing with the target group (n = 30), the average efficiency of the learning sets (E₁/E₂) was 82.00/82.67, which was higher than the specified criteria of 80/80. 2) The comparison of the academic achievement of Mathayom 4 students who studied with the cooperative learning set on the topic of local government showed that the post-test scores were higher than the pre-test scores at a statistical significance level of .05. Additionally, 3) the overall satisfaction of Mathayom 4 students was at a high level, in line with the specified hypothesis.