ENHANCING STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT BY APPLYING CRITICAL THINKING IN MATHEMATICS AND COOPERATIVE LEARNING
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Critical Thinking in Mathematics, Cooperative LearningAbstract
The objectives of this classroom action research were to enhance students’ mathematical achievement and to survey students’ satisfaction in learning by applying critical thinking in mathematics and cooperative learning. The participants were 50 grade 10 students who enrolled in the first semester of the academic year 2016 at a secondary school in Bangkok, Thailand. The topic used in this study was Elementary of Sets. The instruments were 8 lesson plans integrated critical thinking in mathematics and cooperative learning. Teaching and learning lasted 12 periods with 50 minutes in each period. There were three cycles of action plan. Data were collected from mathematical achievement test, satisfaction survey, and teacher’s reflections. Data were analyzed by mean, percentage, mode, and standard deviation. The results showed that 88 percent of all students passed achievement test which satisfied with the hypothesis set by the researcher. That is at least 70 percent of all students pass achievement test developed by the researcher. From students’ satisfaction survey, it showed that students had high levels of satisfaction (very satisfied or satisfied level) in self-efficacy category, in students’ participation category, and in students’ understanding category.
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