INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, KING MONGKUT’S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI AS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS

Abstract

Instructional management are important, because it is part of the
promotion and development of learners to quality, In addition for practical
guidelines staff to achieve defined goals. Instructional management should focus
on the differences of the individual, forms and methods of teaching should be
systematic. It will allow the course to be effective. The purposes of this study
were to investigate and to compare the opinion of the students towards the
instructional management at the undergraduate level, School of Information
Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi as perceived by
students in overall and each of six aspects : curriculum, instructor, students,
instructional activity, measurement and evaluation, and supporting factors as
perceived by students classified by gender, class levels, major fields of study and
academic achievement. The sample consisted of 543 undergraduate students in
the School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology
Thonburi in the academic year 2012. The research instrument used for collecting
data was a five-rating scale questionnaire containing 79 items with reliability of
.977. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t–test, one-way analysis of variance and
Scheffe’s method were utilized for data analysis.
The results of the study revealed that:
1. The students rated instructional management in the School of
Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in
overall and each aspect at a high level.
2. There was no significant difference between male and female
students’ perceptions toward instructional management in overall and each
aspect of the School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of
Technology Thonburi.
3. There was a statistically significant difference of the perceptions
toward instructional management in the School of Information Technology, King
Mongkut’s in overall aspect at the level of .05. When considering in each aspect,
it was found that there was a statistically significant difference in the peceptions
toward instructional management in the aspect of instructor, students, and
supporting factors in the School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s
University of Technology Thonburi among students with different class levels
4. There was a statistically significant difference in the perceptions
toward instructional management both in overall and each aspect at the level of
.05 in the School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of
Technology Thonburi among students with different major fields of study.
5. There was no significant difference in the perceptions toward
instructional management both in overall and each aspect in the School of
Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi among
students with different academic achievement.