Development of Web-Based Training for Enhancing Knowledge and Computing Science Learning Management Skills for Teachers Teaching the First Grade Students under Kamphaeng Phet Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to survey  problem conditions in computing science learning management for teachers teaching the first grade students under Kamphaeng Phet Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, 2) to develop a web-based training for enhancing knowledge and computing science learning management for teachers teaching the first grade students under Kamphaeng Phet Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, and 3) to study knowledge and computing science learning management skills for teachers teaching the first grade students under Kamphaeng Phet Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The samples used in this research were 40 teachers teaching computing science for the first grade students under Kamphaeng Phet Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The research instrument was a web-based training for enhancing knowledge and computing science learning management skills. The statistics were mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The research findings were as follows.

1.  The findings of the analysis on knowledge and skills of the teachers teaching computing science under Kamphaeng Phet Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 in the overall showed that the teachers shortening of knowledge and skills were that the teachers having knowledge and understanding computer science in 3 aspects were at the highest level, the teachers having skills in designing learning units/learning management were at the moderate level, and the teachers having knowledge about the standards and indicators in computing science were at the lowest level, respectively.  
2. The findings showed that the development of the web-based training for enhancing knowledge and computing science learning management skills for the teachers teaching the first students under Kamphaeng Phet Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 was designed by dividing the development into 5 steps based on the ADDIE model: analysis, design, development, application, and evaluation. The analysis showed that the quality of the web-based training for enhancing knowledge and computing science learning management skills was that the efficiency of the contents in the overall was at a good level (x̅  = 4.03), the quality and language in the overall was at the highest level (x̅  = 4.50), the design of the web screens in the overall was at a good level (x̅  = 4.44), the presentation in the overall was at a good level (x̅  = 4.22), and the overall of the web-based training was at a good level (x̅  = 4.33).
3. The findings of the study of the computing science learning management showed that according to the results of the pre-test, the teachers could do the test with the mean score at 8.65, and according to the results of the posttest, the teachers could do the test with the mean score at 15.05. These results indicated that the mean scores after training was higher than that before training. According to the process of the web-based training arrangement for enhancing knowledge and the study of the computing science learning management skills, the findings showed that the computing science learning management skills in the overall were at a high level (83.79%). When each activity was considered, the teachers could design activities to be on the learning standards/indicators/learning results/important competency of the learners and desired characteristics to link together appropriately at a high level (86.95%), followed by the teachers being able to choose media/innovation/learning resources of each activity appropriately suitable to the time and apply the activities in real practice (85.98%). Finally, the teachers could evaluate the results based on the real conditions, being relevant to the learning standards/indicators/learning activities, and covering the knowledge of the skills on the desirable characteristic process at a high level (84.93%), respectively. This was because the teachers were trained by using the web-based training for enhancing knowledge and the computing science learning management skills developed.