Development of an Endemic Biodiversity Curriculum Based on Local Wisdom in Chachoengsao Province to Promote Analytical Thinking Using the CIPPA Model for Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research aimed to 1) develop the endemic biodiversity curriculum based on local wisdom in Chachoengsao province; 2) study the efficiency of the curriculum; 3) study learning achievement; and 4) study students' attitudes toward the curriculum. The research procedures included 6 steps: 1) analyze information for planning and designing the curriculum; 2) construct the curriculum; 3) evaluate the quality of the curriculum; 4) conduct a pilot study of the curriculum; 5) improve the curriculum; and 6) implement the curriculum. The sample for this study was selected using purposive sampling, and it consisted of 19 undergraduate students studying fundamentals of biology in semester 2 of the academic year 2021 at Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University's Faculty of Science and Technology. The research instruments comprised of 1) the curriculum; 2) the learning assessment form; 3) the analytical thinking test; and 4) the attitude test toward the curriculum. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research results found that the components of this curriculum were appropriation of high quality (=4.35)and consistency (IOC=0.8-1.0). The learning assessment form’s index of item-objective congruence, the analytical thinking test’s index of item-objective congruence, and the attitude test toward the index of item-objective congruence were 0.8-1.0, 0.6-1.0 and 0.8-1.0 respectively. The learning achievement showed that the mean of post-test score was higher than pretest score, with a statistical significance of .05. Furthermore, the students’ attitude toward the curriculum was high level (=4.09).