Developing Communicative Competency and Higher-Order Thinking Competency of Grade 9 Students Using the Synectics Learning Approach Integrated with Social Media
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This study entitled “Developing the Communicative and High-Order Thinking Competencies using the Synectics-Based Learning Approach with Social Media for Grade 9 Students” aimed to (1) enhance Grade 9 students’ communication competence through the Synectics learning model and social media, with 80% of the students achieving a proficient level or higher and (2) improve their high-order thinking competence using the same learning model, with the same expected level of student achievement. The participants involved 35 Grade 9/1 students (Section 1 of Grade 9) during the first semester of the 2024 academic year at Khon Kaen University Demonstration School, Secondary Section (Faculty of Education). Three types of research tools were utilized in this study: 1) an experimental tool, including a set of lesson plans aimed at enhancing students’ communication and high-order thinking competences using the Synectics learning model and social media; 2) reflective tools, comprising an instructional record form, a learning behavior observation form, and an end-of-cycle test; and 3) assessment tools, including a communication competence assessment and a high-order thinking skills assessment. The data were analyzed using the mean (μ), standard deviation (σ), and percentage.
The findings showed that:
1) Grade 9 students enhanced their communication competence through the integration of the Synectics learning model and social media, with 91.43% of them achieving a proficient level or above.
2) They also improved their high-order thinking competence through the same instructional approach, with 94.29% of them attaining or surpassing the proficient level.
KEYWORDS: Communicative competency, Higher order thinking competency, Synectics learning approach, Synectics learning approach with social media.
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