The Study of Learning Management by Using Brain-Based Learning in Subject of Thai Language, Thai Culture and Thai History for Pupils of Flexible First and Second Grade at Christian German School Chiang Mai

Abstract

The aims of this research were to determine the effectiveness of learning management by using Brain-Based Learning in the subject of Thai language Thai culture and Thai history and to study the academic achievement of pupils participating in this subject following the concept of Brain-Based Learning. The population were all 15 Thai-nationality pupils of flexible first and second grade participating in the subject of Thai language Thai culture and Thai history, second semester, academic year 2020, Christian German School Chiang Mai. The research instruments were 1) 6 lesson plans with the Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) of 0.87 2) test for each lesson plan totally 6 tests with IOC of 0.87, the difficulty values between 0.60 and 0.80, the discrimination values between 0.60 and 1.00 and the KR₂₀ reliability values between 0.70 – 0.90 and 3) 1 achievement test with IOC of 0.98, the difficulty values between 0.60 and 0.80, the discrimination values between 0.60 and 1.00 and the KR₂₀ reliability value of 0.82. This research was proceeded by using the one group comparison pretest-posttest design. The statistics used in the data analysis were percentage, mean () and standard deviation (). The findings revealed that the lesson plans created by the researcher were the effective plans. Their efficiency value was 80.56/84.33 and after using the mentioned lesson plans, it resulted in higher learning achievement. The average achievement score of posttests was higher than the average achievement score of pretests at 7.13 or 35.67%.