A Comparative Study on Analytical Thinking Skill and Learning Achievement by Using Problem Based Learning Which Graphic Organizer to the Traditional Teaching of Social Studies in Mutthayomsuksa 2 Students

Abstract

            This present study aimed 1) to compare analytical thinking ability and learning achievement of Mutthayomsuksa 2 students before and after learnt through problem based learning with graphic organizer of social studies 2) to compare analytical thinking ability and learning achievement of Mutthayomsuksa 2 students between learning through problem based learning with graphic organizer and traditional teaching methods 3) to investigate students’ attitude toward the social studies subject. The sample of the present study was Mutthayomsuksa 2 students   who were learning in the 2^nd semester of academic year 2019 in Suwannaphumpittayapaisarn school, Suwannaphum district Roi-et. They were selected by cluster random sampling according to classroom. There were two groups of 36 students each; one was used problem based learning with graphic organizer in class, another was traditional teaching methods. The implementation lasted 15 hours of each group. The instruments used in the study comprised of 1) 7 lesson plans related to problem based learning with graphic organizer and 7 lesson plans related to traditional teaching methods which both lasted 15 hours, 2) 25 items of 4 multiple choices analytical thinking ability test with 0.89 of the reliability, 3) 30 items of 4 multiple choices learning achievement test with 0.87 reliability, 4) students’ attitude questionnaire which was 20 items of rating scale with 0.87 reliability. The statistics used in the study were mean, percentage, standard deviation, t-test dependent and t-test independent.

            The results revealed that

1. The students’ results of analytical thinking ability test and learning achievement test after learning through problem based learning with graphic organizer were higher than before learning with .05 statistics significantly.


2. Students who leant through problem based learning with graphic organizer had analytical thinking ability indifferent from students who leant through traditional teaching methods. Whereas, the students’ results of learning achievement test after learning through problem based learning with graphic organizer were higher than learning through traditional teaching methods with .05 statistics significantly.


3. Mutthayomsuksa 2 students had attitude toward social studies subject ranged in the most level.

 To conclude, problem based learning with graphic organizer in social studies subject affected analytical thinking ability, learning achievement and positive attitude of Mutthayomsuksa 2 students. Hence, teachers may apply this kind of teaching method in the classroom of social studies subject