Development of the Cartoon E-Book on the Eight Learners Desired Characteristics for the 4th Grade Students at Watdondamrongtham School in Chonburi Province

Abstract

       The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop the cartoon e-book on the eight learners’ desired characteristics for the 4^th grade students at Watdondamrongtham School in Chonburi Province to have the efficiency of the criteria: E₁/ E₂ = 80/ 80, 2) to compare the mean scores of the pre-test and post-test, before and after learning the cartoon e-book on the  eight desired characteristics, and 3) to study the satisfactions of the students towards the cartoon e-book on the eight desired characteristics. The samples, selected by purposive sampling, were 33 students studying in the 4^th grade at Watdondamrongtham School in Chonburi Province in the academic year of 2018. The research instruments were 1) the cartoon e-book on the eight learners’ desired characteristics for the 4^th grade students, 2) a test on the eight learners’ desired characteristics, 3) exercises during learning, and 4) a questionnaire asking for the students’ satisfaction towards the cartoon e-book on the eight learners’ desired characteristics for the 4^th grade students. The statistics were mean, standard deviation, and t-test. 

The research findings were found as follows.

1. The efficiency of the cartoon e-book on the eight learners’ desired

characteristics for the 4^th grade students at Watdondamrongtham School in Chonburi Province was E₁/ E₂ = 80.83/ 81.92.

1. The mean score after learning was higher than that before learning with the statistical significance at the level of .01.
2. The students were satisfied from learning the cartoon e-book on the eight learners’ desired characteristics for the 4^th grade students in the overall at a high level with the mean score at 4.53.