The Development of an e-learning lessons to enhance reading comprehension skills in Thai language for Mathayom 2 students

Abstract

This study aimed to develop an e-learning lesson to enhance reading comprehension skills in the Thai language for Mathayom 2 students. The objectives were: (1) to determine the efficiency of the lesson based on the 80/80 criterion, (2) to compare students’ achievement before and after using the lesson, and (3) to examine students’ satisfaction with the teaching and learning process. The sample comprised 70 Mathayom 2 students selected through purposive sampling. The research instruments were: (1) the e-learning lesson for enhancing reading comprehension skills, (2) an achievement test, and (3) a satisfaction questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mean, percentage, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that: (1) the developed e-learning lesson achieved an efficiency of 84.56/87.78, exceeding the specified 80/80 criterion; (2) students’ posttest reading comprehension scores were significantly higher than their pretest scores at the .05 level; and (3) students’ overall satisfaction with the e-learning lesson was at a high level ( = 4.13, S.D. = 0.95), with all individual aspects also rated at a high level.