THE STUDY OF LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT AND ANALYTICAL THINKING BY USING CONSTRUCTIONISM LEARNING FOR GRADE 10 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study physics learning achievement on Mechanical Equilibrium and analytical thinking after learning by using Constructionism theory and after learning with the 70 percent criterion. The participants were 30 tenth grade students from Benjamanusorn School in Chanthaburi province and were selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments consisted of five lesson plans on the topic of Equilibrium that passed the quality inspection with a reasonable value between 4.2 – 4.4, the physics learning achievement test (with a reliability of 0.90) and analytical thinking test (with a reliability of 0.78). The data were analyzed with t-test for dependent sample and t-test for one sample. Research results revealed that students had higher scores on learning achievement after being treated with Constructionism theory. The average score was 80.86 percent and higher than the 70 percent criterion with statistical significance at 0.05 level. In term of analytical thinking students also showed higher scores on critical thinking after being treated with Constructionism theory. The average score was 75.43 percent and higher than the 70 percent criterion with statistical significance at 0.05 level. These findings indicated that participants achieved a higher level of development. Findings from this study were beneficial for teachers who intend to use Constructionism in the science education for promoting learning achievement and analytical thinking.