DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AND MEDIA LITERACY OF GRADE 6 STUDENTS THROUGH AKITA ACTION LEARNING MANAGEMENT

Abstract

          The purposes of the research were to: 1) compare the reading comprehension ability of grade 6 students before and after learning through Akita action learning management; and 2) study the media literacy of grade 6 students before and after learning through Akita action learning management. The sample was a class of 30 grade 6 students in the second semester of academic year 2019 of Anubanbangkruay (Wat Siprawat) School under the Office of Nontaburi Educational Service Area 1, derived by cluster sampling. The research instruments were 1) learning management plans for reading comprehension, 2) a reading comprehension test, and 3) a media literacy test. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and dependent t–test.

          The findings were as follows:

1. The reading comprehension ability of grade 6 students after learning through Akita action learning management was higher than that of before at .05 level of statistical significance.


2. The media literacy of grade 6 students after learning through Akita action learning management was higher than that of before at .05 level of statistical significance.