Ability in Thai Reading and Writing Of Grade 4 Students Using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) and Thai Reading and Writing Exercises

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study and compare the ability in Thai reading and writing of grade 4students using the CIRC technique and Thai reading and writing exercises with the percentage of 75, and to study the grade 4students’ attitude towards the CIRC technique and Thai reading and writing exercises. The sample consisted grade 4studentsin Ban Srasiliam School, Chonburi Province.The samples were identified through the use of cluster random sampling. The research instruments were CIRC technique with Thai reading and writing, Thai reading and writing exercises, the ability in reading and writing Thai exercise and the attitude towards the CIRC technique with Thai reading and writing exercises. The data was statistically analyzed by Mean, Percentage, Standard Deviation and t-test. The research result revealed that; 1) the ability in Thai reading of Grade 4 students after using the CIRC technique with Thai reading and writing exercise was at an average of  33.04 with the percentage of  82.60 and the standard deviation was 4.78  was higher than the percentage of 75 at the statistical difference at .05, 2) the ability in Thai writing of Grade 4 students after using the CIRC technique with Thai reading and writing exercise was at an average of  32.93 with the percentage of  82.32 and the standard deviation was 4.95, and the average score of the ability in Thai writing of Grade 4 students after using the CIRC technique with Thai reading and writing exercise was higher than the percentage of 75 at the statistical difference at .05, and 3) the grade 4 students’ attitude towards the CIRC technique with Thai reading and writing exercise was at good level.