A Study of Grade 6 Students’ Creative Problem Solving Ability Using Project-Based Learning on Constructionism

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study and compare the students’ creative problem
solving ability through project-based learning on Constructionism with the set criterion of 70% or
better on creative problem-solving ability and at least 70% of the group passed the set criterion of 70%
and 2) to study the students’ satisfaction with the learning activities based on project-based learning.
The target group consisted of 10 grade-6 students in Nong-goong Wittayakarn School in Muang Khon
Kaen District, Khon Kaen Province, during the first semester of the academic year 2016. The study
was conducted by applying the One-Shot Case Study Design for data collection. Research instruments
included 1) one project-based learning lesson plan and Constructionism which took 12 instructional
periods to complete, 2) a 5-item essay-type test on creative problem solving ability and 3) a 20-item
questionnaire with a 5-level rating scale for eliciting the students’ satisfaction towards the learning
activities. The data were analyzed by means , standard deviation and percentage.
The research findings show that:
1) The students made a mean score of 14.40 or 72.00% of the full marks and 7 students or
70.00% of the whole group passed the prescribed passing criterion which is higher than the criterion;
2) The students’ satisfaction with the learning activities based on Constructionism, as a whole, was at
the “high” level ( = 4.18, S.D. = 0.82). When each of the aspects was scrutinized categorically, it was
found that three of the highest average score included the teacher ( = 4.50, S.D. 0.64), the learning
activities ( = 4.10, S.D. = 0.86) and the measurement and evaluation ( = 4.12, S.D. = 0.89), respectively,
while the two aspects that showed the same average score included the innovative instructional
media ( = 4.12, S.D. 0.79) and the measurement and evaluation (= 4.12, S.D. = 0.89)