A Study of Critical Reading Achivement from Online Reading Texts for Mathayomsuksa 3 Students Applying START Learning Strategy

Abstract

The purposes of study were 1) to compare the achievement of Mathayomsuksa 3 students’ critical reading before and after studying with applying START Learning Strategy. 2) to compare the achievement of Mathayomsuksa 3 students’ critical reading after studying by applying START Learning Strategy with 75 percent criterion, and
3) to study opinions of Mathayomsuksa 3 students towards the applying START Learning Strategy. The sample of this study was 40 students in Mathayomsuksa 3/10, Benchamatheputhitphetchaburi School, Muang phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi Province, first semester, 2023 academic year, obtained by Cluster random sampling.
The research instruments are 1) the application of applying START Learning Strategy with critical reading lesson plan. There are 5 plans, each plan uses 2 hours, total in 10 hours. 2) Critical reading ability test, 30 items. And 3) the opinions of students’ questionnaire towards the applying START Learning Strategy. The data was analyzed by the statistics to calculate mean (M), dependent t-test, and standard deviation (SD).
The findings were as follow:
1. The achievement of Mathayomsuksa 3 students’ critical reading after learning management with applying START Learning Strategy was statistically higher than before learning at the significance level of .05.
2. The achievement of critical reading in Mathayomsuksa 3 students after learning management with applying START Learning Strategy statistically passed the criteria of 75 percentage at the significance level of .05.
3. Students' opinions towards the applying START Learning Strategy was at the most agreeable level.