The Effect of Model-Based Learning Instruction in The Topic of Light on Scientific Modeling and Analytical Thinking Ability of Grade 9 Students in Phattharayan Wittaya School at Nakhon Pathom Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) compare the scientific modeling ability of grade 9 students who learned through model-based learning instruction and students who learned through traditional instruction, and 2) compare the analytical thinking ability of grade 9 students who learned through model-based learning instruction and the students who learned through traditional instruction. The sample group in this study consisted of Mathayom Suksa 3 (Grade 9) students from Phattharayan Witthaya School in the academic year 2023, comprising two classrooms with a total of 64 students. The sample was obtained through cluster random sampling and was divided into an experimental group of 32 students and a control group of 32 students. The research instruments were 1) lesson plans based on model-based learning instruction, 2) lesson plans based on traditional instruction, 3) a scientific modeling ability test, and 4) an analytical thinking ability test. The statistics used for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research findings showed that 1) the scientific modeling ability of students who learned through model-based learning instruction was higher than those of the students who learned through traditional instruction at the .05 level of statistical significance, and 2) The analytical thinking ability of students who learned through model-based learning instruction was higher than those of the students who learned through traditional instruction at the .05 level of statistical significance.