A Study of academic achievement about Human development and Psychology of learning in Psychology for Teachers of the First Year Undergraduate Students by Creating Infographic

Abstract

  The objectives of this research were 1) to compare undergraduate students’ academic achievement in Psychology for Teachers between creating infographic group and traditional learning group; and 2) to compare their academic achievement after creating infographic with a criterion of 80%. The posttest-only control group design was used in this study by collecting the data from Thepsatri Rajabhat University students who enrolled in “Psychology for Teachers” course which were divided into one control group (n= 60) and one experimental group (n= 55) Research instruments consisted of the achievement test and plans of learning activities. The data then was analyzed by using Independent t-test and One sample t-test. The results indicated that: 1) Academic achievement of the students in the creating infographic group (experimental group) was statistically significantly higher than those in the traditional learning group (control group) (pvalue< 0.05); and 2) Academic achievement of creating infographic group was statistically significantly higher than the criterion of 80% (p-value< 0.05).