The Designe and Development of Package for Experience Learning Activities to Enhance Reading Literacy for Lower Elementary Students in Small Size Schools

Abstract

             This study is a design research with the following objectives: 1) To analyse the experiences and needs necessary for developing reading literacy among primary school teachers and early primary students in small schools; 2) To design and develop a prototype set of experiential learning activities aimed at promoting reading literacy among early primary students in small schools; 3) To examine the effects of using the prototype experiential learning activity set to enhance reading literacy among early primary students in small schools. The sample in phase 1 consisted of 387 Thai language teachers and 2,847 early primary students. In phase 3, the sample included 4 Thai language teachers and 80 early primary students. The instruments used in the design phase included 16 items in phase 1, 2 items in phase 2, and 2 items in phase 3. The statistics used in the research were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research findings are summarised as follows: 1) Teachers and students require a training set in book form accompanied by games; 2) The prototype experiential learning activity set to promote reading literacy includes lesson plans, games, media, activity sheets, pre-tests, and post-tests, totalling 9 activities; 3) The results of using the prototype experiential learning activity set indicate that post-test scores were significantly higher than pre-test scores at the .01 level.