The Development of Computer Assisted Instruction in The from of Game with Math League Technique to Enhance Mathematics Problem Solving Ability for Primary Education Grade 3

Abstract

       The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop efficient computer-assisted instruction-based games to solve mathematics problem for grade 3 students according to the 80/80 criteria, 2) to compare students’ mathematics problem-solving ability before and after studying with the computer-assisted instruction-based games and Math League Technique, and 3) to study students’ attitude towards mathematics. The samples group included a class of 38 students in grade 3  from Josephvithaya School selected by cluster random sampling method, and 4 more mixed-ability class were determined by simple random sampling method. The research instruments were 1) 5 lesson of computer-assisted instruction-based games to enhance mathematics problem-solving ability for grade 3 students consisted of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problem as well as simultaneous addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division mathematics problem, 2) 9 learning management plans with 18 teaching periods for the computer-assisted instruction-based games and Math League Technique for grade 3 students, 3) mathematics problem-solving ability tests consisting of 30 questions in a 4 multiple choice set, and 4) 15 questions mathematics attitude tests. The statistics used in the data analysis were mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research results were as follows :

1. computer-assisted instruction-based games for grade 3 students had an efficiency 85.39/81.84 and were higher than the 80/80 criteria.


2. The mathematics problem-solving ability of grade 3 students after studying with the computer-assisted instruction-based games and Math League Technique was higher than the ability before studying with the specific techniques showing the level statistical significance at .05.

          3) The attitude of grade 3 students towards mathematics when studying with the computer-assisted instruction-based games and Math League Technique to enhance mathematics problem-solving ability had a mean score of 4.66 showing the highest level of satisfaction.