The Study of the Effects of Active Learning and Active Reading Worksheets on Enhancing Teachers’ Instructional Competency in Promoting Reading Comprehension of Primary School Students in Lampang Province
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This research aimed to assess the active learning management competencies of primary school teachers in small schools in Lampang Province in applying Active Learning approaches combined with Active Reading skill exercises, and to examine the effects of using Active Learning approaches combined with Active Reading skill exercises on the reading abilities of primary school students in small schools in Lampang Province. The research population consisted of 115 Thai language teachers at the primary education level in small schools in Lampang Province, selected through voluntary sampling, and 1,342 students in grades 1-6. This study employed an experimental research design. The research instruments included Active Reading skill exercise workbooks based on PISA assessment guidelines, a teacher competency assessment form for active learning management, and a student reading ability assessment form. Statistical analyses included mean, percentage, and standard deviation.
The research findings revealed that teachers possessed active learning management competencies at an excellent level, with a mean score of 4.48. When examined across three dimensions, the dimension with the highest mean score was learning management at an excellent level with a mean of 4.52, while learning design and learning measurement and evaluation dimensions were at a very good level with means of 4.48 and 4.38, respectively. Students' reading abilities through the use of Active Learning approaches combined with Active Reading skill exercises achieved a mean score of 14.66, which was at a good level, representing 73.30 percent. Grade 4 students attained the highest mean score in reading comprehension at 19.29 (95.10 percent), whereas Grade 2 students achieved the lowest mean score in reading comprehension at 13.24 (66.20 percent).
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