The Results of Mathematics Learning Activities on Time Using the Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI) Method for Prathom Sueksa Three Students

Abstract

The thesis on “The Results of Mathematics Learning Activities on Time Using the Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI) Method for Prathom Sueksa Three Students” aimed to compare (1) the academic achievement on the mathematics of Time of selected Prathom Sueksa Three students who were instructed by the team-assisted individualization method prior to and after study; (2) the academic achievement on the mathematics of Time of the students who were instructed by the TAI method and conventional methods; and (3) the levels of student satisfaction with being instructed in the mathematics of Time using the TAI method. The research population consisted of 435 Prathom Sueksa Three students enrolled in the first semester of the academic year 2014 at St. Joseph Convent School. The samples were 110 Prathom Sueksa Three students enrolled in the first semester of the academic year 2014, and were selected by using the cluster random sampling method, so that the control group was 55 Prathom Sueksa Three students in the 3/1 class and the experimental group was 55 Prathom Sueksa Three students in the 3/4 class. The research instruments consisted of lesson plans used with the learning activities of the mathematics of Time for Prathom Sueksa Three students and the TAI method was adopted; the test for academic achievement on the mathematics of Time; the observation of students learning behaviors; and the evaluation of students’ satisfaction with the study of mathematics. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data in terms of mean and standard deviation, and t-test was also employed for hypothesis testing.

Findings were as follows:

1. In comparing academic achievement prior to and after the study using the TAI method, the researcher found differences at the statistical significance of the .01 level. The students instructed by the TAI method displayed higher academic achievement with the 5.04 average scores.


2. Findings showed that the students instructed by the TAI method displayed academic achievement at a higher level than those instructed by traditional methods with the statistical significance of the .01 level. The academic achievement on average of those instructed by the TAI method was higher than those instructed at traditional methods with scores at 1.82.


3. In studying the levels of individual student satisfaction with the learning activities in the mathematics of Time using the TAI method, it was found that the level was high for all items. The first three rankings from the highest level were student preference of group study allowing mutual assistance (= 4.09); students showing both better recall and learning (= 4.07); and students displaying joy and enthusiasm while studying (= 4.05), respectively.