The Study of Science Achievement and Analytical Thinking of Grade 4 Students Through 7E Learning Cycle With Higher Order Questioning Technique

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) compare the Science learning achievement of Grade 4 students before and after teaching through 7E learning cycle with higher order thinking questioning technique, 2) compare the Science learning achievement with 70 percent criteria, and 3) study analytical thinking of students with 60 percent criteria. The participants of this research were 22 Grade 4 students of Banhewtabua School, Lamsonthi District, Lopburi Province in the Academic Year 2018.  The research instruments were 1) lesson plan for 7E learning cycle with higher order thinking questioning technique, 2) achievement test of Science, and 3) analytical thinking test. The statistical methods used to analyze the data were mean score ( ), percentage, standard deviation (S.D.) and t-test (dependent and one sample).

The research revealed that: 1) the student’s learning achievement after teaching was higher than before teaching through 7E learning cycle with higher order thinking questioning technique with statistical significance at the .05 level; 2) the student’s learning achievement after teaching through 7E learning cycle with higher order thinking questioning technique was higher than the 70 percent criteria with statistical significance at the .05 level; and 3) the student’s analytical thinking after teaching through 7E learning cycle with higher order thinking questioning technique was higher than the 60 percent criteria with statistical significance at the .05 level.