The Effects Of Cooperative Learning Activities On Social Study Religion And Culture Learning Area Prathomsuksa Five Students

Abstract

The purposes of this study were; 1) to compare the achievements before and after the cooperative learning activities focused on social studies religion and cultural learning in Prathomsuksa five, 2) to compare cooperative behaviour before and after the cooperative learning activities focused on social studies religion and cultural learning in Prathomsuksa five, and 3) to compare analytical thinking before and after the cooperative learning activities focused on social studies religion and cultural learning in Prathomsuksa five. The sample group used in this study was a group of 54 Prathomsuksa five students at Darasamutr Srisacha Chonburi School in the second semester, 2019 by using cluster random Sampling. The tools used in this study were; 1) the lesson plans of cooperative learning activities, 2) a learning achievement test, 3) an observation form of cooperative behaviour, and 4) an analytical thinking test. The statistics used were mean, standard deviation and t-test.  The results of the study were as follows; 1) The achievement of Prathomsuksa five students after studying with the cooperative learning activities was higher than before studying at a statistical significance level of .05, 2) Cooperative behaviour of Prathomsuksa five students after studying with the cooperative learning activities was higher than before studying at a statistical significance level of .05, and 3) Analytical thinking ability of Prathomsuksa 5 students after doing the cooperative learning activities was higher than before studying at a statistical significance level of .05.