THE EFFECTS OF USING INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING MANAGEMENT WITH MIND MAP ON THE TOPIC OF HUMAN BODY ON SCIENCE LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT AND COMPETENCY IN PROBLEM SOLVING THINKING OF GRADE 8 STUDENTS AT THEPSUWANCHANWITTAYA SCHOOL IN SAMUT SONGKHRAM PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of the research were to 1) compare science learning achievement on the topic of Human Body of grade 8 students between inquiry-based learning management with mind map and students who learned under traditional learning management; and 2) compare the problem solving thinking competency of grade 8 students between inquiry-based learning management with mind map and students who learned under traditional learning management. The research sample group consisted of 42 grade 8 students at Thepsuwanchanwittaya school in Samut Songkhram province during the first semester of the 2022 academic year, divided into 2 groups as an experimental group and a control group, obtained by cluster random sampling. The employed research instruments were learning management plans on the topic of Human Body for the inquiry-based learning management with mind map, learning management plans for the traditional learning management, an achievement test and problem solving thinking competency assessment form. Statistics for data analysis were mean, standard deviation and t-test.

The results showed that: 1) the science learning achievement on the topic of Human Body of grade 8 students who learned under the inquiry-based learning management with mind map was higher than that of the students who learned under traditional learning management at the .05 level of statistical significance; and 2) the problem solving thinking competency of grade 8 students who learned under the inquiry-based learning management with mind map was higher than that of the students who learned under traditional learning management at the .05 level of statistical significance.