The development of life skills and learning achievement of grade 9 students at Laoyainakhawittayakom school in S 23102 social studies course using problem-based learning with social media

Abstract

The objectives of the research were 1) to develop grade 9 students’ life skills and learning achievement Laoyainakhawittayakom School S 23102 Social Studies using problem-based learning with social media so that the students would have an average score 70% of the total score, and would be 70% up of the total number of students passing the criterion. The target group consisted of 16 people of grade 9 students at the Laoyainakhawittayakom School during the 2nd semester of the academic year 2021, by purposive sampling. The research design was Action Research. The research instruments divided into 3 categories were: 1) Operational tools, including 9 lesson plans of S 23102 Social Studies using problem based learning with social media for 18 hours, 2) reflection tools, including (1) instruction records (2) teacher’s teaching behavior observation form (3) students’ opinion recording form, (4) end-of-spiral life skills assessment, and (5) end-of-spiral learning achievement test assessment, and 3) assessment tools, including (1) life skills test, and                         (2) Learning achievement test of Social Studies, Religions, and Culture Learning Area. Quantitative data were analyzed                by using descriptive statistics, consisting of the arithmetic (mean), standard deviation (S.D.), and percentage (%). Qualitative data were analyzed by using Content Analysis.

The results were summarized: 1) Grade 9 student’s life skills using problem-based learning with social media, Laoyainakhawittayakom School, S 23102 Social Studies found that the students had an average score of the life skills test of 120.13 or 83.42 of the 144 total scores, very good level in the overall, and there were 15 students or 93.75 who passed the criteria which were higher than the defined criteria. 2) Grade 9 student’s learning achievement using problem-based learning with social media, Laoyainakhawittayakom School, S 23102 Social Studies found that the students had an average score of the learning achievement test of 30.88 or 77.19 of the 40 total scores, and there were 13 students or 81.25 who passed the criteria which were higher than the defined criteria.