The Learning Activities based on Experiential Learning to Encourage Learning Achievement and Mathematics Problem Solving Ability on Ratio and Percentages for Matayomsuksa II Students.

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to create and to test the efficiency of learning activities based on experiential learning according to 75/75, 2) to compare learning achievement before and after learning, 3) to compare learning achievement after learning with 75 percent criterion, 4) to compare the ability to solve mathematical problems before and after learning, and 5) to compare the ability to solve mathematical problems after learning with 75 percent criterion. The samples were 26 Matayomsuksa II students at Prakitwatcahsak School, studied in the 2^nd semester of academic year 2014. The research tool consisted of 1) lesson plans of learning activities based on experiential learning, 2) The achievement mathematics test, and 3) the mathematics problem solving ability test.

                The results were as follows: 1) the efficiency of learning activities based on experiential learning was high level as 78.98 /79.33 which was higher than 75/75; 2) the learning achievement after learning was higher than before learning with statistical significance at the .05 level; 3) the learning achievement after learning was higher than the 75 percent criterion with statistical significance at the .05 level; 4) the ability to solve mathematical problems after learning was higher than before learning with statistically significant at the .05 level; and 5) the ability to solve mathematical problems after learning was also higher than the 75 percent criterion with statistical significance at the .05 level.