A Comparison of English Reading Comprehension and Analytical Thinking of Prathomsuksa 6 Students Between Using the MIA and CIRC Learning Methods

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to compare the English reading comprehension of  Prathomsuksa 6 students before and after using the MIA learning method 2) to compare the English reading comprehension of  Prathomsuksa 6 students before and after using the CIRC learning method 3) to compare the English reading comprehension of  Prathomsuksa 6 Students between the experimental groups using the MIA learning method and CIRC learning method 4) to compare the analytical thinking of Prathomsuksa 6 students between the experimental groups using the MIA learning method and CIRC learning method. The samples were selected by purposive sampling who studied Prathomsuksa 6 in the second semester of the academic year 2018 at Khlung Town Municipal School 1 (Buravityakan), Chanthaburi Province. They were divided into two groups. The first experimental group learned through the MIA learning method and the second experimental group learned through the CIRC learning method. The research instruments were the lesson plans based on the MIA learning method, the lesson plans based on the CIRC learning method, the English reading comprehension test and the analytical thinking test. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation and t-test.

            The results of this research were as follows: 1) The Prathomsuksa 6 students who learned through the MIA learning method showed that their English reading comprehension was significantly higher than before the experiment at .05 level. 2) The Prathomsuksa 6 students who learned through the CIRC learning method showed their English reading comprehension was significantly higher than before the experiment at .05 level. 3) The Prathomsuksa 6 students between using the MIA and CIRC Learning method showed their English reading comprehension were different with no statistical significance. 4) The Prathomsuksa 6 students between using the MIA and CIRC Learning method showed that their analytical thinking were different with no statistical significance.