Development of Scientific Instructional Model Based on the Service Learning Concept in Constructionism and Active Learning for Primary Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) develop a scientific instructional model based on the service learning concept in constructionism and active learning for primary students and 2) investigate the effects of using the developed instructional model. This research employed research and development. The sample was 70 Prathomsuksa 3 students at Banpakoon School in the second semester of the academic year 2024, Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, obtained through cluster random sampling. It consisted of 36 students for the experimental group and 34 students for the control group. The research instruments were a critical thinking ability test, a learning achievement test, a scientific process skill test, and a scientific mind test. The statistics for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, dependent samples t-test, and one-way ANCOVA.

The results of this research were as follows: 1. The developed instructional model consisted of 1) rationale, 2) concept and basic theory, 3) principle, 4) objective, 5) instructional procedure, and 6) assessment and evaluation. 2. After learning through the developed instructional model, it was found that 1) the students in the experimental group gained their critical thinking abilities, learning achievements, scientific process skills, and scientific mind higher than before learning at the .01 level of significance. and 2) the experimental group gained their critical thinking abilities, learning achievements, scientific process skills, and scientific mind were higher than the control group at the .01 level of significance.