The Development of Computer Game by Using Active Learning on the Topic of Basic Programming for Primary 1 Students

Abstract

     The purposes of this research were to: (1) develop a computer game by using active learning on the topic of basic programming for primary 1 students, (2) compare the students’ learning achievement taught by computer game, and (3) compare the students’ learning retention taught by computer game. The sample group was selected by using multi-stage sampling including 72 primary 1 students from 2 classrooms at Watkhienkhet School in the second semester of the 2018 academic year. One classroom was an experimental group involving 36 students taught by normal teaching with computer game while a control group consisted of 36 students taught by normal teaching. The research instruments used for data gathering consisted of (1) a computer game, (2) a teaching plan, and (3) a constructed achievement test. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that (1) the efficiency validation of computer
game was at 82.15/81.55, (2) the students’ learning achievement taught by computer game was higher at significant difference level of 0.05, and (3) the students’ learning retention taught by computer game was higher at significant difference level of 0.05. This corresponded with a determined hypothesis.