Development of English Reading Comprehension Skill of Matthayomsuksa 6 Students Using Active Learning SQ4R Approach

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) develop learning activities using the active learning SQ4R approach for enhancing Matthayomsuksa 6 students’ English reading comprehension skill to meet the efficiency criteria of 75/75, 2) compare the students’ learning achievement after and before learning by using in the active learning SQ4R approach  for enhancing Matthayomsuksa 6 students’ English reading comprehension skill, 3) study the effectiveness index (E.I.) of the active learning SQ4R approach for enhancing Matthayomsuksa 6 students’ English reading comprehension skill, and 4) investigate the student’s satisfaction in learning towards the active learning SQ4R approach. The samples were 28 students of Matthayomsuksa 6/5 in the second semester under the academic year 2020 at Sikhiu “Sawadphadungwittaya” School, selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments were 1) the 20-lesson plans of learning activities using the active learning SQ4R approach for enhancing Matthayomsuksa 6 students’ English reading comprehension skill 2) the 30-item reading comprehension skill test, and 3) the 15-item satisfaction questionnaire towards learning management by using the active learning SQ4R approach. The statistics used in the research included percentage, mean, standard deviation, and paired samples t-test.

The result revealed that 1) the efficiency of learning activities using the active learning SQ4R approach for enhancing Matthayomsuksa 6 students’ English reading comprehension skill was 80.34/81.79, 2) the mean score of Matthayomsuksa 6 students’ English reading comprehension skill after learning through the developed activities was higher than before with the statistic significant level of .001, 3) the effectiveness index (E.I.) of the active learning SQ4R approach for enhancing Matthayomsuksa 6 students’ English reading comprehension skill was 0.60, and 4) the student’s satisfaction towards the developed learning activities was at the highest level.