Effects of Learning Management Using 5E Learning Cycle Supplemented with KWDL Technique Towards Mathematical Problem-solving Ability of Fifth-grade Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the effects of learning management using 5E learning cycle supplemented with KWDL technique towards mathematical problem-solving ability of fifth-grade students by 1) To compare mathematical problem-solving ability of students who received learning management using the 5E learning cycle supplemented with KWDL technique and those who received traditional method, both before and after learning, 2) To compare mathematical problem-solving ability after learning between students who received learning management using 5E learning cycle supplemented with KWDL technique and those who received traditional method, and 3) study students' satisfaction towards learning management by using 5E learning cycle supplemented with the KWDL technique. The sample included 305 of fifth-grade students from 7 classes in academic year 2023 at Udonwittaya School, obtained by cluster random sampling using classes as sampling units. Random assignment a classroom as the experimental group to learn by using 5E learning cycle supplemented with KWDL technique, and another to a control group to learn by using traditional method. This research design was a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The research instruments included 1) 12 Mathematics lesson plans using 5E learning cycle supplemented with KWDL technique; 2) 8-item test of Mathematical problem-solving ability; and 3) A questionnaire for students' satisfaction towards learning management by using 5E learning cycle supplemented with KWDL technique. Research was conducted on the experimental group learning by the 5E learning cycle supplemented with the KWDL technique, spending 24 hours, and the control group learning by traditional method, spending 24 hours. The statistics used in data analysis were mean, percentage, standard deviation, dependent samples t-test, and independent samples t-test. The research findings were revealed as follows:

1. The mathematical problem-solving ability of students after learning through 5E Learning Cycle supplemented with the KWDL technique and those learning through traditional method are higher than before learning.


2.      The mathematical problem-solving ability of students after learning through the 5E Learning Cycle supplemented with the KWDL technique is higher than that of students learning through traditional method.       


3. The students’ satisfaction towards learning management by using 5E learning cycle supplemented with KWDL technique was overall at the highest level.