The Development of Multimedia Glide App on Thai Musical Ensembles to Enhance Learning Achievement for Mathayom 1 Students in Secondary Schools in Si Racha District Chonburi Province

Abstract

This research consists of three purposes 1. to develop a multimedia Glide application on Thai musical ensembles to enhance learning achievement of Grade 7 students in secondary schools in Si Racha District, Chonburi Province 2. to compare students’ learning achievement before and after using the multimedia Glide application and 3. to study the value and benefits of the multimedia Glide application. This research is a mixed-methods research employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The research tools consisted of a multimedia Glide application on Thai musical ensembles, content quality evaluation forms, multimedia quality evaluation forms, a structured interview form, and a learning achievement test. The sample consisted of 120 Grade 7 students from three secondary schools in Si Racha District, Chonburi Province, selected by cluster sampling. Quantitative data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and paired-sample t-test, while qualitative data obtained from interview forms, pre-test and post-test results and related documents were analyzed using content analysis. The research findings revealed that 1) the developed multimedia Glide application demonstrated high content and multimedia quality, with IOC values ranging from 0.67 to 1.00 and overall IOC means of 0.89 for content quality and 0.86 for multimedia quality 2) students’ post-test learning achievement was significantly higher than their pre-test scores at the .05 level, with a pre-test mean score of 6.28 (S.D. = 2.28) and a post-test mean score of 17.05 (S.D. = 2.23) and 3) the developed multimedia
Glide application showed clear value and benefits for Thai music instruction by enhancing students’ interest, learning motivation, and systematic understanding of Thai musical ensembles.