Development of Active Learning Management Combined with Miscellaneous Games in Basic Health Education and Physical Education Class and Its Impact on Learning Happiness Level of Pratomsuksa 1 Students

Abstract

     This research aimed to 1) develop an active learning management approach combined with miscellaneous games in Basic Health Education and Physical Education Class for Pratomsuksa 1 students to meet the effectiveness criteria of 75/75 2) compare the learning achievement of the Pratomsuksa 1 students before and after using the developed active learning management approach combined with miscellaneous games in Basic Health And Physical Education Class; and 3) study the learning happiness level of the Pratomsuksa 1 students towards the developed active learning approach combined with miscellaneous games in Basic Health And Physical Education Class. The target group consisted of 31 Pratomsuksa 1 students from Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University Demonstration School, selected through Purposive Sampling. The research instruments used were 1) a learning management plan, 2) learning achievement assessment test, and 3) a set of learning happiness level measurements. The statistics used in analyzing the collected data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and a t-test for dependent samples.
     The results showed that 1) the developed active learning management combined with miscellaneous games for the Pratomsuksa 1 students achieved an efficiency of 94.84/79.30, meeting the established criteria; 2) the post-learning achievement scores of the Pratomsuksa 1 students were higher than their pre-learning scores at the .05 level of statistical significance; and 3) the overall learning happiness level of the Pratomsuksa 1 students towards the developed active learning management combined with miscellaneous games was highest level.