THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGES USING COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA FOR INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS’ FACULTY OF EDUCATION PITCHAYABUNDIT COLLEGE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop the instructional packages using cooperative learning with an effectiveness criterion of 80/80 2) to compare the students' learning achievement between before and after studying through the instructional packages using cooperative learning 3) to compare achievement of students after learning with the instructional packages using cooperative learning with the criteria of 80 percent and 4) to study the satisfaction of students towards learning with the instructional packages using cooperative learning. The sample group consists of 26 students from the faculty of education, cluster random sampling. The research instruments consisted of: 1. the instructional packages using cooperative learning 2. learning achievement assessment test with difficulty level during 0.47 - 0.78 and discrimination index during 0.25 - 0.85 with a reliability of 0.89 3) the satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics for data analysis comprised percentage, mean, standard deviation, E₁/E₂, dependent t-tests and one samples t-test.

The research found that: 1) The development of instructional packages using cooperative learning was 82.76/83.85 as the defined criterion of 80/80.  2) The students' learning achievement after studying through the instructional packages using cooperative learning was higher than before at the .01 level of statistical significance. 3) The students' learning achievement with the instructional packages using cooperative learning on digital multimedia for instruction is higher than the percentage criteria 80 statistically significant at the .01 level and 4) The students' satisfaction who studied through the instructional packages using cooperative learning was at the high level.