THE EFFECT OF USING POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TO PROMOTE READING HABITS OF PRATOMSUKSA IV STUDENTS AT BANDON UDOM SCHOOL (NOEY UPPATHAM)

Abstract

The purposes of this research were, 1) to develop activities to promote reading habits for Pratomsuksa IV students, and 2) to compare the reading habits of Pratomsuksa IV students before and after participating the arranged activities. The sample group was the Pratomsuksa IV students at Bandon Udom School (Noey Uppatham) obtained by simple random sampling and lottery method.  The research was conducted using the One Group Pretest-posttest Design. The research tools were the reading habit assessment form and the positive reinforcement activities.  The statistics used in the data analysis were mean (), standard deviation (SD), independent t-test. The results of the research found that; 1) The effectiveness of positive reinforcement activities to promote reading habits for Pratomsuksa IV students at Ban Don Udom School (Ney Uppatham) had an E₁/E_2, equal to 82.0/81.14, 2) The reading habits of Pratomsuksa IV students at Ban Don Udom School (Ney Uppatham), in the after period of experiment were higher than before experiment which statistically was significant at the .05 level.