The Use of APDT and Online Games Learning Activities Package to Develop Problem Solving Ability and Systemic Thinking of Grade 2 Students at Anubaan Chiangmai School

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to create APDT learning activities with online games and 2) to study the ability of problem-solving and systematic thinking in basic programming after using APDT learning activities with online games. The research design is a practical action research. A class of 26 students in grade 2 in semester 2, academic year 2022 from Anubaan Chiang Mai School is used as cluster sampling. The research instruments are 1) five sets of APDT learning activities with online games and 2) rubrics to assess problem-solving and assess systematic thinking. The data are analyzed by descriptive statistics and Z-test (One-sample proportion test).

The results reveal that 1) creating activity is an instructional media that connects the principle with a hypothetical situation about problem-solving and assess systematic thinking by using the APDT learning activities with online games with consisting of components of activity names, topics, explanations, objectives, learning activities, knowledge sheets, activity sheets, learning materials, competency checklist, keys for activity sheets, alternate activities, and rational efficiency which are suitable at the highest (=4.72, S.D.=0.43). 2) After using APDT learning activities, the students could solve problems from 5 situations as follows: (1) showing the order process, (2) repetition to reduce steps, (3) repetition to reduce internal sub-process, (4) error correction checks, and (5) conditional resolutions. For these activities, more than 75% of students could solve problems at a high level while more than 80% could achieve systematic thinking based on the APDT at a high level. When testing proportional values using Z-test, more than 60% of students have problem-solving and systematic thinking at a high level with a statistical significance of 0.01. The body of knowledge indicates that (1) managed learning system with technology, teachers, and tools are important and suitable to use, (2) applied action research with technology, the instrument and process should parallel with technology, and (3) learning system with research is the problem-solving approach and development of students to gain their excellent results.