A Comparative Study of Jumble Words Tests of Matthayomsuksa VI Students at Panyaworakun School

Abstract

The purpose of this research aimed to compare: 1) the result of the jumble words test scores of the students in the Gifted Program and the students in the regular classes, and 2) the result of the jumble words test scores of the total class among the pretest with capital letters and punctuation, the posttest without punctuation, the posttest without capital letters, and the posttest without capital letters and punctuation. The sample was selected by purposive sampling. There were 55 high-school students of grade 12 in the Gifted Program and the regular classes who studied E33201 Reading and Writing English 5 Course in the first semester of the academic year 2020 at Panyaworakun School. The research instruments were written jumble words tests (4 types of the tests) adapted from Assessment Questions Weaving It Together 3. The data collection was the pretest with capital letters and punctuation, the posttest without punctuation, the posttest without capital letters, and the posttest without capital letters and punctuation. The data were statistically analyzed for Mean ( () and Standard Deviation (S.D.). The results revealed that
1. The jumble words test score of the students in the Gifted Program was above the jumble words test score of the students in the regular classes.
2. The jumble words test score of the pretest with capital letters and punctuation of the total class was below the jumble words test score of the 3 types of the posttests of the total class.
3. The jumble words test score of the posttest without capital letters and punctuation of the total class was above the jumble words test score of the posttest without punctuation of the total class, and the jumble words test score of the posttest without capital letters of the total class respectively.