Effect of Reciprocal teaching through STAR Strategy on Mathematical problem Solving ability for lower Secondary Level Students of Prince of Songkla University Demonstration School (Secondary)

Abstract

The purposes of this research were (1) to develop the Reciprocal teaching through STAR Strategy for the criterion of effectiveness at 75/75 (2)to compare the academic achievement of mathematics learning before and after (3) to compare the mathematics problem-solving ability after learning with 70% criterion and (4) to study the satisfaction of the students. The samples of this research were 39 Matayomsuksa 2 students of Prince of Songkla University Demonstration School (Secondary) in the second semester of the academic year 2020 which were selected by simple random sampling. The research instruments consisted of (1)10 lesson plans (2) an achievement test (3) mathematics problems solving ability test and (4) satisfaction questionnaire for students. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, effectiveness index (E.I.)  and t-test.

The research findings were as follows:

(1) The efficiency of Reciprocal teaching through STAR Strategy was 79.87/83.85 which was higher than the establishment criterion of 75/75.

(2) The academic achievement of mathematics after learning was higher than before learning. There was statistically significant difference at the .05 level.

(3) The student’s ability to solve mathematics problem after learning with Reciprocal teaching through STAR Strategy was higher than the standard 70 percentage

(4) The satisfaction of students towards learning with Reciprocal teaching through STAR Strategy was at high level  = 4.72 and S.D. = 0.55