The Development of Critical Reading Abilities by a Cooperative Learning Process of CIRC for the First Year Undergraduate Students, Faculty of Education, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University

Abstract

The objective of research were set as follows: 1) to compare the first year undergraduate students’achievement of critical reading abilities before using a cooperative learning process of CIRC with those after using a cooperative learning process of CIRC. 2) to measure the satisfaction level of the first year undergraduate students after implementing a cooperative learning process of CIRC. The population comprised 35 students in the first year undergraduate. The research instruments were the 1) lesson plan of critical reading 2) pretest-posttest 3) exercises of critical reading abilities. 4) satisfaction survey. For the quantitative data, the statistics method used to analyze data were mean (), standard deviation (S.D.), and T-test dependent.
The critical reading abilities of the first year undergraduate students after using a cooperative learning process of CIRC were higher at the .05 and highest level. (= 26.79, S.D. = 0.30) The first year undergraduate’satisfaction is at the highest level overall. A cooperative learning process of CIRC is strongly suitable for implementing, implying that the instructional model can be applied in order to manage learning in the classroom effectively.