The Guideline for Evidence-Based Learning to Develop Sustainable Coexistence with Living in the Harmony of Nature and Science of 8th Grade Students on the world is changing Topic

Abstract

          The purposes of the present study were 1) to explore the guideline of Evidence-Based Learning that could improve 8th grade students' sustainable coexistence with living in the harmony of nature and science and 2) to explore the development of sustainable coexistence with living in the harmony of nature and science of the students. The methodology was classroom action research. The participants of the study were 33 eighth graders in secondary school in Tak province. The study was conducted in the academic year of 2022. The research instruments utilized were evidence-based learning lesson plans, learning outcome reflection form,  worksheets, and a sustainable coexistence with living in the harmony of nature and science test. The data analysis employed the statistics of percentage and mean and the triangulation method of the content analysis and the reliability of qualitative data.The results of this study indicated that selecting evidenced-based learning should be related to the situation and problem issues that occurred in society and be accessible to the students with reliable sources for enhancing the perception of the problem condition and problem issue, allowing students to express their own knowledge. The development of sustainable coexistence with living in the harmony of nature and science of the students was in high expectation level rising from the beginning level. The component of sustainable coexistence with living in the harmony of nature and science that students developed the most was the understanding of phenomena happening on earth and the universe, followed by the connecting in relationship between mathematics and science, building, using and technology literacy, accessing and using technology wisely. Lastly, students’ attributes in mathematics and science for understanding the nature system and living with sustainability, respectively.