Learning Outcomes of 8th Grade Students through Learning with the Science Project Learning Package on “Herbal Soap”

Abstract

                   The purposes of this research were to develop the science project leaning package on herbal soap for lower secondary students and to assess the quality of the package by experts, to study the learning outcomes of students, and to study students’ satisfaction toward the learning activity packages. The sample group of this study was one classroom of 8^th grade students (43 students) studying in the second semester of 2015 academic year in Matthayom Wat Bungthonglang School Bangkok. The research tools consisted of the science project learning package on herbal soap, the assessment form of the quality of the science project learning package by experts, science project assessment forms, and the students’ satisfaction questionnaire toward the learning activity packages. This research is an experimental research by using authentic assessment. The statistics used for analyzing the collected data were mean, standard deviation, percentage and t-test for dependent samples. The results revealed that the learning activity packages on herbal soap assessed by the experts were at level of good quality ( = 4.21, S.D. = 0.25), the mean scores of students’ learning outcomes were 76.76 percent that higher than 70 percent of criteria at the statistically significant .05 level, and the students’ satisfaction toward the learning activity packages on herbal soap was at good level of satisfaction (= 4.12, S.D. = 0.12),  because the students learned with hands on activities.