THE EFFECTS OF 4MAT LEARNING SUPPLEMENTED WITH LEARNING LOGS ON UDERSTANDING FOOD NUTRIENTS AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CONCEPT OF GRADE 6 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to study and compare conceptual understanding of food nutrients and digestive system before and after learning by using 4MAT learning supplemented with learning logs of grade 6 students in medium size school under the Thungfon District of UdonThani Primary Education Service Area Office 3 in the first semester of academic year 2022. The sample consisted of 14 students that selected by purposive sampling. This study design was one-group pretest-posttest design. The instruments of this study were: 1) lesson plans on food nutrients and digestive system by using 4 MAT learning supplemented with learning logs and 2) conceptual understanding of food nutrients and digestive system test. The data were analyzed for mean, standard deviation, percentage and hypothesis test for compare conceptual understanding of food nutrients and digestive system after learning higher than before by t-test for dependent sample.

The results of this study showed that students’ conceptual understanding of food nutrients and digestive system after learning had an average score of 8.29 points, accounting for 34.52 percent, and after studying, students had an average score of 20.93 points, accounting for 87.20 percent. When comparing the average scores before studying and after studying, it was found that the average scores after studying were higher than before studying. Statistically significant at the .01 level.