Effects of Research-Based Learning Management Combined With the Application of SOlO Taxonomy to Develop Learning Achievement and Innovator Skills of the Second Grade Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to compare the learning achievement of the second grade students on science before and after learning by using research-based learning management combined with the application of SOLO Taxonomy and 2) to evaluate innovator skills of the second grade students after learning by using research-based learning management combined with the application of SOLO Taxonomy. The samples were 17 students studying in the second grade at Watladlumkaew School. They were selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments were 1) learning management plans on the subject of science on objects and properties of materials with the mean between 4.34-5.00 and the standard deviation between .00-.58, 2) a test used to evaluate learning achievement on objects and properties of materials with the discrimination power between 0.32-0.59, the reliabilty of 0.78, the difficulty between 0.50-0.90, and 3) an evaluation form used to evaluate the innovator skills with the index of item objective congruence (IOC) between 0.67-1.00. The statistics used were mean and standard deviation. The hypotesis was tested by nonparametric statistics using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and the one-sample t-test.

            The research findings were as follows.

1.  The second grade students taught by using research-based learning management combined with the application of SOLO Taxonomy had the mean score of the learning achievement after learning higher than that before learning with the statistical significance at the level of .05.
2.  The second grade students had the innovator skills at a high level with the mean score of 12.76.