COOPERATIVE LEARNING MANAGEMENT WITH TEAM – GAMES – TOURNAMENT (TGT) TECHNIQUE TO DEVELOP ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF PRATHOMSUKSA 3 STUDENTS IN WATCHANGKIAN SCHOOL, CHIANG MAI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) investigate the cooperative learning management context to develop reading comprehension skills of grade three students at Watchangkian School, 2) develop a learning management plan based on cooperative learning management with the Team-Games-Tournament (TGT) technique in order to improve reading comprehension skills of grade three students at Watchangkian School, and 3) compare the learning achievements on reading comprehension skills improvement of grade three students before and after experiencing a learning management plan based on cooperative learning management with the Team-Games-Tournament (TGT) technique. The sample consisted of 27 grade three students at Watchangkian School, Chiangmai Province, enrolled in the first semester of the academic year 2023 using cluster random sampling. The instrument was an in-dept interview on the context of learning management to improve English reading comprehension skills, questionnaires surveying opinions on the context of learning management to improve English reading comprehension skills, learning management plan on reading comprehension, and reading comprehension skills tests. Statistical analyses were t-test mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The findings showed that 1) the appropriateness of the cooperative learning management context with the TGT technique to improve reading comprehension skills of grade three students was the highest; 2) the appropriateness of the outcome of development of the cooperative learning management context with the TGT technique for grade three students was the highest; and 3) the achievements of the improvement of in the English reading comprehension skills of grade three students was higher with 0.05 statistical difference.