The Effects of Using an Electronic Book Entitled Local Wisdom of Samut Sakhon on Critical Reading Ability and Attitude toward Locality of Mathayom Suksa VI Students at Krathumbean “Wisetsamutthakhun” School in Samut Sakhon Province

Abstract

                The purposes of this research were (1) to develop an electronic book entitled Local  Wisdom of Samut Sakhon for Mathayom Suksa VI students at Krathumbaen“Wisetsamutthakhun” School in Samut Sakhon; (2) to compare critical reading abilities of the students before and after learning with the use of the developed book; and (3) to compare attitudes toward locality of the students before and after learning.The research sample consisted of 30 Mathayom Suksa VI students at Krathumbaen “Wisetsamutthakhun” School in Samut Sakhon Province during the first semester of the 2018 academic year, obtained by cluster random sampling. The employed research instruments were (1) an electronic book; (2) learning management plans; (3) a critical reading ability test; and (4) a scale to assess the student's attitude toward locality. Statistics employed for data analysis were the E₁ /E₂ efficiency index, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Research finding revealed that (1) the developed electronic book was efficient at 83.89/86.43, thus meeting the set efficiency criterion; (2) the post-learning critical reading ability of the students was significantly higher than their pre-learning counterpart ability at the .05 level of statistical significance; and (3) the post-learning attitude toward local area of the students was significantly higher than their pre-learning counterpart attitude at the .05 level of statistical significance.