Development of Active Learning Management with Recreational Games, Health Education Subject, Effecting the Learning Happiness of Mattayomsuksa I Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop an active learning management approach integrated with recreational games for a health education subject to meet the 75/75 efficiency criteria, 2) to compare the learning achievement of Mattayomsuksa I students’ before and after learning through the active learning management approach integrated with recreational games, 3) to study the levels of learning happiness of Mattayomsuksa I students towards the active learning management approach integrated with recreational games. The sample group was 39 students from Class 1/1 in the first semester of the academic year 2024 at Mahasarakham University Demonstration School (Secondary), selected by Simple Random Sampling, using Classroom as the unit of sampling. The research tools were 1) the learning management plan, 2) a learning achievement evaluation test, 3) a learning happiness measurement. The collected data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples.           

                   Research Results revealed that 1) the active learning management approach integrated with recreational games of Mattayomsuksa I students had an efficiency of 78.72/96.79, meeting the set criteria, 2) the learning achievement of the Mattayomsuksa I students improved after learning through the active learning management approach integrated with recreational games at a statistical significance level of .05, 3) the levels of learning happiness of Mattayomsuksa I students overall learning happiness was at a high level.