The Effects of Using Prachuap Khiri Khan Local Wisdom as the Media for Developing Reading Comprehension Ability and Learning Relention of Prathom Suksa VI Students in Schools under Prachuap Khiri Khan Primary Education Service Area 2, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were (1) to compare reading comprehension abilities of Prathom Suksa VI students in schools under Prachuap Khiri Khan Primary Education Service Area 2 before and after learning with the use of Prachuap Khiri Khan local wisdom as the media; and (2) to study learning retention of the students after learning with the use of Prachuak Khiri Khan local wisdom as the media. The research sample consisted of 18 Prathom Suksa VI students of Wat Nahuay (Saeng Kla Prachasan) School in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province during the 2019 academic year, obtained by cluster random sampling.  The employed research instruments included learning management plan for reading comprehension instruction with the use of Prachuap Khiri Khan local wisdom as the media, and a reading comprehension ability test.  The employed statistics for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Research findings showed that (1) the post-learning reading comprehension ability mean score of the students, who learned with the use of Prachuap Khiri Khan local wisdom as the media, was significantly higher than their pre-learning counterpart mean score at the .05 level of statistical significance; and (2) no significant difference was found between the post-test mean score of the students and the mean score of their testing after the duration of two weeks following the completion of the experiment, which indicated that the students had learning retention.