THE PRIORITY NEEDS TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO DESIGN BACKWARD LEARNING UNITS BASED ON BLENDED LEARNING FOR MATHEMATICS PROGRAM STUDENTS

Abstract

Abstract

         The current research has three aims: 1) To investigate Mathematic teacher students’ needs in enhancing the knowledge and ability in developing the Backward Design learning unit, 2) To prioritize the needs of Blended learning to enhance the Mathematic teacher students’ knowledge and ability in developing the Backward Design learning unit. 53 participants of this quantitative research were purposively selected from all 222 Mathematic teacher students, the faculty of education, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University in the academic year of 2023. The research instruments included the questionnaire to explore needs of Blended learning to enhance the Mathematic teacher students’ ability in developing the Backward Design learning unit. The questionnaire consisted of 47 five-point Likert Scale items. It aimed to elicit the three main dimensions of needs including knowledge, practice and attributes affecting the success of works. The knowledge dimension consisted of five factors and 21 items, while the practice dimension consisted of four factors and 18 items, and the attributes affecting the achievement of works consisted of two factors and eight items. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and PNI index.

         The results revealed that firstly the total PNI index of the knowledge dimension was 0.22, and PNI index of each factor were 0.26, 0.19, 0.21, 0.25, 0.25 respectively. Secondly, the total PNI index of the practice dimension was 0.25, while each factor’s PNI were 0.24, 0.25, 0.27, 0.24 respectively. Last, the total PNI index of practice and

attributes affecting the success of works was 0.22, and the PNI of each factor were 0.26