The Development of Game Based Application on Mobile Device in consonants and vowels to Promote Reading and Writing Abilities for Grade 1

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) to determine the effectiveness of mobile applications using games based on Thai consonants and vowels to develop reading and writing spelling ability of grade 1 students and 2) to compare the academic achievements of grade 1 students at Banpaen School in pre-test and post-test after learning by using game based learning on Thai consonants and vowels and 3) to compare reading ability and writing spelling in pre-test and post-test by using game-based learning on Thai consonants and vowels. The participants selected by purposive sampling method, were 12 grade 1 students at Banpaen School. The instruments used in the research were 1) mobile applications using games based on Thai consonants and vowels to develop reading and spelling ability , the quality assessment results are at a high level, the mean is 4.07 and the efficiency value was 84.33/88.33, 2)there were 15 learning management plans, the quality assessment results were at a high level, the mean is 4.49 3) academic achievement test has a reliability value of 0.97 and 4) reading and spelling ability assessment the consistency index value is between 0.67-1.00. The statistics used to analyze the data were arithmetic mean, percentage, standard deviation. The result showed that:

            1) the application by using game-based learning on Thai consonant and vowels to develop reading and writing spelling ability was suitable at a high level, the mean is 4.07, standard and the efficiency is 84.33/88.33 according to the established criteria. 2) the students’ achievement in post-test is 16.00 was higher than their pre-test is 11.33 3) The students' scores on reading and writing spelling ability in post-test is 12.67 were higher than pre-test is 3.42.