Critically Analyzing the Progression of Thai Pronunciation among Fifth-Grade Students at Sanjao Elementary School in Bangkok, to Investigates the Efficacy of Incorporating A Thai Pronunciation Pop-Up Book within Classroom Activities
Keywords:
Learning Activity Package, Booklet, Thai Proverbs, Reading Skills, Learning Achievement, Primary 5, Skill DevelopmentAbstract
This research primarily aimed at 3 objectives: 1) to create and find the efficiency of a learning activity package with booklet on Thai proverbs, 2) to study Thai reading achievement of Grade 5 students before and after using the learning activity package, and 3) to find the efficiency of the learning activity package according to the 80/80 criterion. The sample group was 40 students of Grade 5 students from San Chao Haonukul Witthaya School, Bangkok, in the academic year 2024. This research employed a Quasi-Experimental Research methodology, where the activity package was developed through 3 experiments and improvements, and data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test.
The research results were found that:
The creation and efficiency of the learning activity package with booklet on Thai proverbs showed that the learning activity package with booklet on Thai proverbs had efficiency according to the 80/80 (E1/E2) criterion, with an average score from in-class exercises (E1) equal to 83.07 and an average score from post-lesson tests (E2) equal to 81.73, which was higher than the determined criterion, indicating that the activity package was suitable and of quality for learning management.
The study of Thai reading achievement of students before and after using the learning activity package found that the learning achievement scores of students after using the activity package (Xˉ= 31.08) were higher than the learning achievement scores before using the activity package (Xˉ= 27.68) with statistical significance at the .01 level.
The finding of the efficiency of the learning activity package with booklet on Thai proverbs for developing reading skills of Primary 5 students at San Chao Hawanukul Witthaya School according to the 80/80 criterion found that the activity package had efficiency according to the set criterion of 80/80, with an efficiency of 83.07/81.73.
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