The Development of Active Learning Management by Using Digital Technologies in Thai subject to Enhance Creative Thinking Skills for Grade 4 Students of “Piboonbumpen” Demonstration School, Burapha University

Abstract

This research objectives were 1) to study the creative thinking skills of the 4th grade students at “Piboonbumpen” Demonstration School Burapha University, 2) to develop an Active learning model using digital technology in the Thai language subject to enhance creative thinking skills, 3) to study the effectiveness of the learning management model and 4) to validate the learning management model. The population was the 4th grade students at “Piboonbumpen” Demonstration School, Burapha University, academic year 2023, totaling 175 students; the simple group used for the implementation of the learning management model for studying the effectiveness was 1 classroom randomly selected from the population as the unit for randomization. The results showed that; 1. The results of the study of creative thinking skills showed that most students have an average level of creative thinking; the results from a behavior observation of creative thinking skills showed that overall the average score was at a moderate level at 3.45 and the results from the focus group founded that affected creative thinking skills were; the environment factors, daily experiences and life skills. 2. The development of an Active learning model using digital consists of 7 elements and 3 main steps. The elements were 1) student analysis 2) learning objectives 3) determining the roles of teacher and students 4) learning management contents 5) methods and steps 6) media and activities, and 7) evaluation and revision; The steps were; 1) preparation 1.1) preparing students 1.2) organizing the learning environment 2) the learning management 2.1) arranging the learning according to the plans 2.2) using digital technologies 2.3) communicating and exchange the knowledge 3) evaluation 3.1) evaluating after receiving learning management 3.2) creative thinking skills. 3. The effectiveness index of the creative thinking skills assessment after receiving the learning management was at .32 while the average score after receiving the learning management was higher that before with a statistical significant different at .01 and the validation of the learning management model has average score at a high level.