The Development of a Project-Based Learning Activity Package Integrated with mBot Robots to Enhance Creative Problem-Solving Ability of Grade 11 Students

Abstract

This research aimed to: (1) develop a project-based learning activity package integrated with mBot robots to enhance the creative problem-solving ability of Grade 11 students; (2) compare students’ learning achievement before and after participating in the activity package; and (3) examine the effects of the package on students’ creative problem-solving ability. The sample consisted of 30 Grade 11 students from Naknawaupatham School during the second semester of the 2024 academic year. The participants were selected using simple random sampling through a lottery method. The research instruments included: (1) a project-based learning activity package integrated with mBot robots; (2) an evaluation form for assessing the quality of the package; (3) a knowledge test based on the learning objectives; and (4) a creative problem-solving ability test. The content validity of the instruments was verified by three experts, with an Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) ranging from 0.66 to 1.00. The reliability coefficient of the achievement test was 0.82, indicating acceptable reliability. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and a t-test.

The findings revealed that: (1) the efficiency of the project-based learning activity package integrated with mBot robots was 88.35/87.00, meeting the specified criteria; (2) students’ posttest scores were significantly higher than their pretest scores at the .05 level of significance; and (3) students’ creative problem-solving ability after the intervention was significantly higher than before at the .05 level of significance.