Provision of Visual Thinking and The Picture Word Inductive Model to Enhance Chinese Character Writing and Memorization of Grade 10 Students การจัดการเรียนรู้ด้วยกระบวนการคิดเป็นภาพร่วมกับรูปแบบการสอนด้วยภาพและคำแบบเร้าความคิด เพื่อพัฒนาการเขียนและการจำอักษรภาษาจีนของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 4

Abstract

This study aimed to develop instructional plans integrating Visual Thinking processes with         the Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) to enhance Chinese character writing and memorization skills among Grade 10 students, and to examine the effectiveness of the intervention. The participants consisted of 18 students enrolled in the English Chinese program at a Catholic diocesan school in Chiang Mai, selected through purposive sampling. The research instruments included five instructional plans, an instructional plan evaluation form, a 50-item dictation test for Chinese character writing, and a 20-item memorization Chinese character writing test. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, a one-sample t-test, and effect size (Cohen’s d). The findings revealed that the instructional plans were of high quality (M = 4.93, SD = 0.29). Students’ post-intervention achievement (M = 14.70, SD = 3.12) significantly exceeded the 60% criterion (μ = 12), t(17) =3.67, p < .01, with a large effect size (d = 0.87). The integration of Visual Thinking and PWIM effectively reduced cognitive load and facilitated the construction of meaningful schemata, enabling students to systematically retain Chinese characters more effectively than through traditional rote memorization. These findings suggest that the proposed instructional approach has both statistical and practical significance in improving Chinese character writing and memorization skills and offers a promising pedagogical framework for Chinese language instruction in similar contexts. This study contributes to the field by proposing a theory-informed instructional innovation that integrates visual cognition and inductive language learning to enhance Chinese character acquisition.