The Development of Learning Model in Physics to Promote High Order Thinking Process for High School Students

Abstract

The objectives of the research entitled “The Development of Learning Model in Physics to Promote High Order Thinking Process for High School Students” were to study conditions of a learning management model in physics to help enhance a high order thinking process for high school students, to develop a learning model in physics, to try out the learning model in physics, to study the students’ satisfaction towards the use of the learning model in physics. The samples, randomized by stratified random sampling, were 57 teachers teaching science for the 10th grade students and 380 students studying in the 10th  grade  from 16 schools. The data were collected by using questionnaires about opinions on the condition of learning management in physics and analyzed by using  percentage, mean, standard deviation, reliability, difficulty, discriminant Index and test statistics. The research findings were as follows: 1. The findings of the conditions of the learning management in physics for high school students showed that the learning activity management in the level of the implementation was at a moderate level. 2. The developed learning model in physics to enhance the High Order Thinking Process for the high school students consisted of 7 components, namely, 1) principles, 2) objectives, 3) learning and teaching processes, 4) measurement and evaluation, 5) learning atmosphere, 6) teachers’ roles  and 7) students’ roles. 3. The findings of the trial revealed that the mean score of the learning achievement test after learning of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group with statistical significance at the level of .05, and the mean score of the High Order Thinking Process of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group with statistical significance at the level of .05.  4. The overall of the students’ satisfaction towards the use of the learning model in physics to enhance the High Order Thinking Process for the high school students was at a high level.