The Effects of Learning Management Using Concept Mapping to Develop Learning Achievement and Analytical Thinking in Learning the Information Technology Substance of Grade Sixth Students in Schools under Local Administration Organizations in Krabi Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) compare the learning achievement in the subject of information technology on the Internet before and after class of the grade 6 students learned by using conceptual mapping and normal learning; 2) compare the ability to analytical thinking in the subject of information technology on the Internet before and after class of the grade 6 students learned by using conceptual mapping and normal learning; and 3) study the satisfaction of Grade 6 students towards learning by using the conceptual mapping of the Internet matters.

The sample were two classrooms of Grade sixth students who were studying in the second semester of academic 2019 year at Khlong Thom Tai Municipality school at Krabi. They consisted of 60 students obtained by multi-stage randomization. The instruments of this research were learning management plan of the Internet matters with conceptual maps, normal learning management plan, achievement test, analytical thinking ability test and satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test (independent samples).

The results showed that  1) the students in the experimental group who received the learning management before learning by using conceptual mapping had an average score of 8.53 scores (S.D. = 1.01). The control group learning with the normal learning method had a mean score of 8.87 (S.D. = 1.49). It was found that the before learning achievement of both groups was not statistically different at the .01 level.
2) compare the ability to analytical thinking of the students in the experimental group who received the learning management using conceptual mapping had a mean score of 9.70 scores
(S.D. = 3.25). and normal learning mean score was 9.13 scores (S.D. = 3.15). The before learning of both groups was not statistically different at .01 level and the analytical thinking ability of the students in the experimental group who received the learning management by using conceptual mapping after studying. The mean score was 16.03 scores (S.D. = 1.27). The control group learned with the normal learning method. with an average score of 10.50 scores (S.D. = 1.83) It was found that the analytical ability of the students who studied using conceptual mapping was significantly higher than the students studying in the normal learning at the .01 level; and 3) The students who studied using conceptual maps had a high level of overall learning satisfaction. with an average of 4.36 (S.D. = 0.34)