The Development of an Instructional English Critical Reading Package on Reading for Gist or Information by Cooperative Learning PTGAR for Development of Learning Achievements of Grade 12 Students

Abstract

The purposes of the research were; 1) to develop an instructional English critical reading package on reading for gist which was efficiency at the standard criteria of 80/80, 2) to study the academic progress in the English reading and writing of Mathayom 6 students., 3) to compare the academic achievement in English reading and writing, and 4) to study students' satisfaction with learning activities. The population used in the research were 315 people in Mathayom 6 students at Nawaminthrachinuthit Suankularbwittayalai Pathumthani School, Semester 1, Academic Year 2023. The sample group were 30 people in M6/7 by cluster sampling method. The research instruments were 20 learning lessons for 60 hours, and the duration of the implementation was 1 semester, an instructional English critical reading packages was performed using descriptive statistics; mean, percentage, standard deviation, and t-test (Dependent Paired Two Sample for means), and the efficiency value was 80/80.

The research results found that 1) the efficiency of the instructional packages efficiency was E1/E2, which was 80.05/83.66, and accordanced with the standard criteria,  2) the learning progress in the English reading and writing subject found that the students had an average progress score of 7.3 points, or 36.5 percent, which was at a low level, 3) the results of the comparison of learning achievement found that after studying was higher than before studying, with statistical significance at the 0.05 level. and 4) students were very satisfied with the learning activities.