THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS AND LEANING ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE BIOLOGY IN SCHOOL ON INHERITANCE BY STAD COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES WITH MIND MAPPING OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SCIENCE

Abstract

This research study about cooperative learning using STAD techniques with mind mapping that is student-centered able to develop learners in both social skills and cognitive skills. The findings are as follows: 1) to study the effects of undergraduate students’ social skills when receiving cooperative learning using STAD technique with mind mapping and 2) to compare learning achievement of undergraduate students’ before and after receiving cooperative learning with STAD techniques and mind mapping. The samples were 28 third year undergraduate students in Science Education, Faculty of Education, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University. They were selected by purposive sampling within the pool of undergraduate students enrolled in Biology in School subject during the second semester of the academic year 2018. This research was a pre-experimental research. One Group Pretest- Posttest Design consisted of 1) lesson plan using cooperative learning through STAD technique with mind mapping. 2) Social skills test and 3) Learning achievement test.  Descriptive statistics were used to estimate the mean score, the standard deviation and the t-test dependent. The research findings were as follows: 1) The undergraduate students’ social skills obtained a high level with statistical significance at the .05 and; 2) The learning achievement of undergraduate students’ after collaborative learning using STAD techniques with mind mapping became higher than before with statistical significance at the .05