A Learning Achievement in Science on the Topic Entitled, “A Unit of Living Things,” of Matthayomsuksa 1 Students Implementing LT and TGT Instructional Techniques

ผลการจัดการเรียนรู้วิทยาศาสตร์ เรื่อง หน่วยของสิ่งมีชีวิตสำหรับนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 ที่ได้รับการจัดการเรียนรู้แบบร่วมมือโดยใช้เทคนิค LT กับเทคนิค TGT

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to compare: 1) Matthayomsuksa 1 Students’ learning achievement on the topic entitled, “A Unit of Living Things” implementing two collaborative learning techniques: LT (Learning Together) and TGT (Teams-Games-Tournaments); 2) the students’ scientific process skills implementing LT and TGT; and 3) the students’ satisfaction towards learning science. The sample, chosen by cluster sampling, included 89 Mattayomsuksa 1 students, during the second semester of the academic year 2016 from Sing Buri School, Mueang District, Sing Buri Province. The research instruments included: 1) learning management plans using LT, 2) learning management plans using TGT, 3) a learning achievement test with a reliability value of 0.843, 4) a measurement form on scientific process skills with a reliability value of 0.741, and 5) a questionnaire on satisfaction towards learning science. Data were analyzed in terms of mean, standard deviation and t-test.
Findings revealed that: 1. The students’ learning achievement implementing TGT was significantly higher than that of the students implementing LT (p<.01). 2. The students’ scientific process skills implementing TGT were significantly higher than those of the students implementing LT (p<.01). 3. The students’ satisfaction towards learning science implementing TGT was significantly higher than that of the students implementing LT (p<.01).