Development of a Learning Activity Kit to Enhance Reading and Writing Skills on Thai Word Spelling for the First-Grade Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop a learning activity kit to enhance reading and writing skills on Thai word spelling for the first-grade students to have the efficiency based on the criterion of 80/80, 2) to study reading and writing skills on Thai word spelling by using a learning activity kit for the first-grade students, and 3) to study the students’ satisfaction towards learning by using a learning activity kit to enhance reading and writing skills on Thai word spelling for the first-grade students. This research was a quasi-experimental research. The samples were 28 students studying in the first grade at Chumchon Dontan School. They were randomized by cluster sampling. The research instruments were 17 learning management plans, a 20-item test for reading and writing skills on Thai word spelling and a 20-item questionnaire asking for the students’ satisfaction. The statistics used were mean and standard deviation. 

The research findings were as follows.

1. The efficiency of the learning activity kit to enhance reading and writing skills on Thai word spelling for the first-grade students was 80.17/82.67.
2. The mean score of the reading and writing skills on Thai word spelling of the first-grade students after learning was at a good level ( = 17.39, S = 1.28).
3. The students’ satisfaction towards the learning activity kit to enhance reading and writing skills on Thai word spelling for the first-grade students was at a high level ( = 4.72, S = 0.44).