THE EFFECTS OF 7E INQUIRY BASED LEARNING MANAGEMENT TOGETHER WITH QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE ON ANALYTICAL THINKING AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE TOPIC OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT OF MATHAYOM SUKSA III STUDENTS AT BAN KLONG YAI IN SCHOOL IN SA KEAO PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to compare analytical thinking ability of Mathayom Suksa III students at Ban Klong Yai In School in Sa Keao province before and after learning under the 7E inquiry based learning management together with questioning technique in the topic of Life and Environment; and 2) to compare learning achievements of Mathayom Suksa III students before and after learning under the 7E inquiry based learning management together with questioning technique in the topic of Life and Environment. The research sample consisted of 31 Mathayom Suksa III students at Ban Khlong Yai In School in Sa Kaeo Province during the second semester of 2019 academic year, obtained by purposive sampling. The employed research instruments were an analytical thinking ability test, and a learning achievement test. The data was analyzed with the use of percentage, mean, and class average normalized gain. The research findings showed that 1) the post-learning mean score of analytical thinking ability of the students was higher than their pre-learning counterpart mean score, with the pre-learning mean score of 35.10%, post-learning mean score of 73.94%, and average normalized gain at the medium level (=.60); and 2) the post-learning mean score of learning achievement of the students was higher than their pre-learning counterpart mean score, with the pre-learning mean score of 25.60%, post-learning mean score of 78.15%, and average normalized gain at the high level ( = 0.71).