THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAI LANGUAGE WRITING SKILLS BY USING PICTURE BOOK LEARNING MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR PRATHOMSUKSA 2 STUDENTS AT BAN PARUAK SCHOOL (KHURURATSONGKHRO), MUEANGCHIANGRAI DISTRICT, CHIANG RAI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this article were 1) to construct and examine the efficiency of picture book learning management plan for Prathomsuksa 2 students, 2) to compare pre- and posttest learning achievements of students after implementing the picture book learning management plans and 3) to assess the students’ satisfaction towards the implementation of picture book learning management plans. The population were 6 Prathomsuksa 2 students at Ban Paruak School (Khururatsongkhro) in their semester 1/2020. The research instruments were 5 picture book learning management plans covering 15 hours and 5 topics; 2-item subjective test assessing Thai language writing skills achievement; 10-item 3 points rating scale questionnaire assessing students’ satisfaction towards the implementation of picture book learning management plans. The results showed that :

1. The picture book learning management plans for Prathomsuksa 2 at Ban Pa Ruak School (Khururatsongkhro) showed the efficiency scores (E₁/E₂) at 50/81.00 which were higher than the 80/80 standard.

2. The students’ posttest on Thai language writing skills were higher than the pretest while the pretest mean score was 18.50 (46.25%) and the posttest mean score was 33.17 that revealed the progress at 82.92%.

3. The students’ satisfaction towards the implementation of picture booking learning management plans for Prathomsuksa 2 student was reported at the high level ( = 2.68, = 0.45).