Effect of the Advanced Systematic Thinking Process GPAS 5 Steps Combined With Six Thinking Hats and the Mindmeister Application on the Analytical Thinking Ability of Mathayom 5 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to compare the analytical thinking ability of Mathayom 5 students before and after learning management using the advanced systematic thinking process GPAS 5 Steps combined with six thinking hats and the Mindmeister application, and 2) to study the development score or gain score of analytical thinking ability of Mathayom 5 students after learning management using the advanced systematic thinking process GPAS 5 Steps combined with six thinking hats and the Mindmeister application. The sample group for this study comprised 42 Mathayom 5/2 students, obtained from cluster random sampling, using the classroom as a random unit. The research instruments included a learning management plan, which took eight hours, and a multiple-choice test with four options and 30 questions to measure analytical thinking ability. The statistical analyses employed mean, standard deviation, a dependent sample t-test to compare the pretest and posttest scores, and development score or gain score.

The results of the research revealed that 1) students had higher analytical thinking ability after the learning management than before the learning management, with statistical significance at the .01 level, and that 2) the development of students' analytical thinking ability after the learning management was at a medium level, with relative development scores increasing by an average of 35.47 percent.