THE EFFECTS PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING WITH JIGSAW TECHNIQUE OF THAILAND GEOGRAPHY ACHIEVEMENT AND ANALYTICAL THINKING ABILITIES OF PRATHOMSUKSA 6 STUDENTS

Abstract

This research article is research about study about the effects problem-based learning with jigsaw technique of Thailand geography achievement and analytical thinking abilities of prathomsuksa 6 students. The purposes of this research were 1) to compare learning achievements 2) to compare analytical thinking abilities 3) to study student attitude toward social subject by learning problem-based learning with jigsaw technique of Thailand geography from Prathomsuksa 6 students. The sample consisted of 49 students in Prathomsuksa 6 of Mary Immaculate Convent School, Chonburi who studied, in the second semester of academic year 2020, they were selected of cluster random sampling. The research instruments were 1) plans by leaning problem-based learning with jigsaw technique 2) achievements test 3) analytical thinking abilities test in Thailand geography and 4) attitudes towards social subject. The design of this research was using one-group pretest-posttest design. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test (dependent). The results of the research were the following findings. 1) The post-test mean scores of problem-based learning with jigsaw technique achievements were significantly higher than pre-test mean scores at the .05 level. 2) The post-test mean scores of problem-based learning with jigsaw technique analytical thinking abilities were significantly higher than pre-test mean scores at the .05 level. and 3) The attitude toward social subject learning problem-based learning with jigsaw technique were at higher level.