TSOI Learning Management vs 5E Inquiry Learning Management: A Comparison of Grade 8 Students’ Science Learning Achievement and Analytical Thinking Abilities

Abstract

The aims of this study were to: 1) compare grade 8 students’ learning achievement in science on the topic of “Force in everyday life” between groups taught by using TSOI Learning management and 5E Inquiry learning management, and 2) compare grade 8 students’ analytical thinking abilities between groups taught by using TSOI learning management and 5E Inquiry learning management. The sample of this research were 60 grade 8 students at an extra-large secondary school in Bangkok, in second semester of academic year 2019. These sample were randomly selected by cluster random sampling method and divided in to two groups: the first experimental group (n = 32) was taught by using TSOI Learning management and the second experimental group (n = 28) was taught by using 5E Inquiry learning management. The research instruments consisted of 1) TSOI lesson plans, 2) 5E inquiry lesson plans, 3) a learning achievement test, and 4) an analytical thinking ability test. The data were analyzed using means, standard deviation and t-test for independent samples.

The results of this study showed that 1) there was no statistically significant difference in post-achievement score between the groups of students who were taught by using TSOI learning management and the groups of students who were taught by using 5E Inquiry learning management, and 2) analytical thinking ability score of students taught by using TSOI learning management was statistically significant higher than students who taught by using 5E Inquiry learning management at 0.01 level.