THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN-BASED LARNING ACTIVITY PACKAGE FOR ENHANCING SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING HAPPINESS OF GRADE 3 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes for this research were to: 1) determine the effectiveness of brain-based activity package on the science topic of "the sun and the living", 2) compare the learning achievement and learning happiness between groups of students after learning through of the activity package and traditional instruction, 3) compare students' the learning achievement and learning happiness before and after learning through the activity package, and 4) study the students’ retention of learning. The population was Prathomsuksa 3 students in a school under the Bangkok Metropolitan. Samples were 54 students that divided into two groups derived from cluster random sampling: 27 students as experimental group who learnt through brain-based activity package and 27 students as control group who learnt through traditional instruction. This research was conducted in the first semester of the academic year 2566. Data collecting instruments were achievement test, happiness in learning evaluation, and the reflection for learning results form. The statistics used for data analysis include: Percentage, mean, and standard deviation and tested the hypothesis by t-test Dependent and t-test Independent. The results showed that; 1) the brain-based activity set had an efficiency index of 0.57, 2) post- learning achievement and happiness in learning of the experimental group were statistically higher than the control group at a statistical significance level of 0.05, 3) the experimental group had higher learning achievement and happiness in learning than their pretest at a statistical significance level of 0.05, and 4) he retention of learning of the experimental group were statistically higher than the control group and at a statistical significance level of 0.05. There were no differences on the retention of learning between immediate and 2-week later post-learning achievement.