The Development of Information Retrieval Skills of Students Using Active Learning Method

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) develop information retrieval skills 2) develop active learning method, and 3) study the assessment results of information retrieval skills of students. The sample groups were students of the branch program in early childhood education, department faculty of education, Bangkokthonburi University who enrolled in the Ideology and Spirituality of Teachers course in the second semester of the academic year 2023. The experimental group was 20 students and the control group was 20 students and divided using cluster random sampling. The research instrument was 1) the active learning method plan, and 2) the information retrieval skills assessment forms. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

The research results revealed that: 1) Information retrieval skills comprised 5 skills as follows: Planning for researching information sources from learning sources, Collecting information, Organizing information, Presenting/communicating information, and Summarizing information results, 2) Active learning management methods using active learning management plans in the subject of Ideology and Spirituality of Teachers into 10 plans, the overall assessment results for the suitability of each aspect were found to be at a high to highest level, ranked in order of suitability as follows: teaching aids ( = 4.62, SD = 0.25), content ( = 4.56, SD = 0.31), illustrative ( = 4.54, SD = 0.25), training action plans, and language ( = 4.41, SD = 0.26), and 3) the assessment results of information retrieval skills of students found that the post-active learning method of the experimental group had more information retrieval skills than before the active learning method, and the post-active learning method of the experimental group had more information retrieval skills than before the control group.