EFFECTS OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT BY GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY PROCESS TO ENHANCE GEOGRAPHIC LITERACY FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS

Abstract

          The purpose of the research were to 1) compare the geographic literacy of first year students before and after use of geographic inquiry process, 2) compare the first year students learning achievement before and after use of geographic inquiry process, and 3) measure first year student satisfaction of geographic inquiry process. The samples in this study were first year students in Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University. The population samples were 8 studies. The Instrument used research were 1) lesson plan 2) The geographic literacy test 3) the learning test 4) satisfaction evaluation. This research base on Randomized One Group Pretest - Posttest Design. The statistics used in data analysis were mean, standard deviation and t-test dependent. The research findings found that 1) The first year student's score of geographic literacy using geographic inquiry process was higher before using with the statically significant at the level .05 2) The first year student's score of achievement using geographic inquiry process was higher before using with the statically significant at the level .05 3) The first year students were satisfied with the geographic inquiry process at the “highest” level.