THE LEARNING TOGETHER TECHNIQUE WITH AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN SOCIAL STUDIES TO DEVELOP SOCIAL AND CROSS CULTURAL SKILLS OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) compare students Social and Cross Cultural Skills before and after the implementation of the Learning Together approach integrated with authentic materials 2) compare students learning achievement before and after the intervention and 3) examine students satisfaction with the Learning Together approach integrated with authentic materials. The sample consisted of one classroom of Grade 9 students at Sahakornprachanukool School, Chum Kho Subdistrict, Pathiu District, Chumphon Province, during the second semester of the 2025 academic year. The participants were selected through cluster random sampling. The research instruments included: 1) lesson plans based on the Learning Together approach integrated with authentic materials 2) a learning achievement test 3) a Social and Cross Cultural Skills assessment instrument and 4) a student satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and dependent samples t-test. The findings revealed that: 1) students Social and Cross Cultural Skills after the intervention were higher than those prior to the intervention 2) students post-intervention learning achievement scores were significantly higher than their pre-intervention scores at the .05 level of statistical significance and 3) students satisfaction with the Learning Together approach integrated with authentic materials was at the highest level.