Development of Cooperative Learning Activity Package with STAD Technique to Improve Learning Achievement in Economics Subject of Social Studies, Religion and Culture Department for Lower Secondary Grade 7 Students of Makhamsansern School.

Abstract

             The purposes of this research were to: 1) develop cooperative learning activity package with STAD technique to improve learning achievement in Economics subject to be effective according to the standard criteria of 80/80, 2) compare the students’ learning achievement before and after learning with the cooperative learning activity package with STAD technique to improve learning achievement in Economics subject, and 3) study lower secondary grade 7 students’ satisfaction towards cooperative learning activity management with STAD technique to improve learning achievement in Economics subject. The sample used in this research was 30 lower secondary grade 7/1 students from one classroom of Makhamsansern School in the first semester of the 2022 academic year gaining from choosing  the classroom randomly using cluster sampling by drawing lots for the classroom. The instruments included: 1) the cooperative learning activity package with STAD technique to improve learning achievement in Economics subject of Social Studies, Religion and Culture Department  for lower secondary grade 7 students, 2) lesson plans of cooperative learning management, 3) a test to assess learning achievement, and 4) a form to survey satisfaction. Statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation (S.D.), and T-test. The results found that:

1. the students who learned with the cooperative learning activity package with STAD technique to improve learning achievement in Economics subject for lower secondary grade 7 students had an efficiency of 82.33/82.67.


2. the students who learned by using the cooperative learning activity package with STAD technique to improve learning achievement in Economics subject the had achievement of post-learning higher than pre-learning with statistical significance at the .05 level.


3.  the students’ satisfaction towards the cooperative learning activity package with STAD technique to improve learning achievement in Economics subject was at the highest level