Analysis of Classroom Action Research Skills of Pre-Service teachers at Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage

Abstract

           The purposes of this study were to (1) study the levels to classroom action research skills of  pre-service teachers at Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage, and 2) compare the classroom action research skills of  pre-service teachers by gender, group of major and cumulative grade point average (GPAX). The samples were 192 pre-service teachers at Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage, selected by stratified random sampling. The data were collected by using a 5-pont rating scale. The reliability of the scale was .95 based on Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient method. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, means, and standard deviation, as well as by inferential statistical methods, including t-test for independent samples, and F-test for one–way ANOVA. The results showed that (1)  pre-service teachers have the classroom action research skills, overall, to be at the moderate level. (2) Comparison results to classroom action research skills of  pre-service teachers to classified by genders, major groups, and cumulative grade point average (GPAX) are not difference.