The Study of Learning Achievement in the Folk Performance “Mangkala Pheree Sri Songkwae” of Undergraduate Dance Majors Using Davies’ Practical Skills Teaching Model Integrated with the Learning Contract System

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to compare the learning achievement of the Mangkala Pheree Sri Songkwae folk performance before and after instruction using Davies’ practical skills teaching model integrated with the learning contract system; and 2) to investigate the students’ performance skills achievement in the Mangkala Pheree Sri Songkwae folk performance through the application of Davies’ practical skills teaching model combined with the learning contract system. The sample group consisted of twelve first-year undergraduate students majoring in Music and Performing Arts Education, Faculty of Education, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, who enrolled in the dance group during the first semester of the 2024 academic year. The research instruments included 1) a teaching manual, 2) a learning achievement test, and 3) a performance skills assessment form. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and dependent t-test statistics. The results revealed that:

            1) the students’ post-learning achievement in knowledge and understanding of the Mangkala Pheree Sri Songkwae folk performance was significantly higher than their pre-learning achievement; and      2) the students’ overall performance skills achievement in the Mangkala Pheree Sri Songkwae folk performance, as taught through Davies’ practical skills teaching model integrated with the learning contract system, was at a very high level.