Effects of cooperative learning incorporated with application on the Android operating system to learning achievement on periodic table for grade 10 students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study comparison of student achievement on periodic table of students using cooperative learning incorporated with application on the android. Research design was a one-group pre-test posttest design. Samples were 25 of 10^thGrade students in first semester of the academic year 2016 at Bankhoananai School. Research instruments were cooperative learning–based lesson plans, and thirty multiple-choice test items. Application is periodic table application, chemninja application and mahjong chem application on Google play store android operation system for cell phones and computer tablets. Data were collected and then analyzed by means, percentage, standard deviation. The research findings were the learning achievement scores after learning were significantly higher than those before learning at the level of 0.05. The students revealed their opinions toward the cooperative learning activities which were at a highest level (4.58). Index effectiveness of application was at 0.81.