Development of Reading Comprehension Learning Package Based on Balanced Literacy Approach for Elementary Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to develop a reading comprehension learning package based on the balanced literacy approach for elementary school students, and 2) to study reading comprehension before and after participating in learning activities. The participants consisted of 28 fourth-grade Thai students. The research instruments were 1) a learning package based on the balanced literacy approach for elementary students; 2) a reading comprehension test; and 3) a student reading behavior observation form. The statistics used in the research were the Mean (M) and Standard Deviation (SD) and dependent simple t-test. The results of this research were as follows: 1) The key elements of the learning package based on a balanced literacy approach for elementary students consisted of (1) the concept of the activity set, (2) the purposes of the activity set, (3) the process of organizing activities in the activity set, (4) the approach to the use of the activity set, and (5) the evaluation approach. 2) students’ level of reading comprehension abilities was also higher after using a package based on a Balanced literacy approach at
the .05 level of significance.