The Results of Learning Management of Conducting Science Camp for Children Affecting Learning Achievement and Critical Thinking of Students in Early Childhood Program

Abstract

This research aims to study the results of learning management of conducting science camp for children affecting learning achievement and critical thinking of students in Early Childhood Program. The sample group consists of 28 students in Early Childhood Program of the Faculty of Education, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University who are studying the course called Scientific Experience for Early Childhood in the second semester of 2020 academic year. This is the quasi-experimental research. The instruments are the learning achievement measurement form, the critical thinking measurement form that have the content validity of 0.8-1.0, and the lesson plan for conducting science camp for children that has the Index of Item Objective Congruence higher than 0.6. The basic data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation and percentage, T-Score and the relation was analyzed by using Pearson’s correlation coefficient.

The results showed that average scores of learning achievement of the students in Early Childhood Program who joined the learning management of conducting science camp for children were at a high level. Most of them had high scores, followed by the highest level. The average scores of critical thinking were at a moderate level, and when the  T-Score was analyzed, the result indicated that most students had critical thinking at a moderate level, followed by a high level. The scores of learning achievement of critical thinking had a positive relation at a moderate level (r=0.428).