The Effectiveness of Smart Educational Media Creator for Supporting Higher Order Thinking Skill of Medical Students at Suranaree University of Technology
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Smart Educational Media Creator (SEMC) is an intelligent teaching tool promoting high order thinking skills in science and technology fields. It is a one type of instructional
media emphasizing on critical thinking skill in order to support a self-learning experience. The objective of this research is to study the effectiveness of SEMC used in Nervous system III course in medical students at Suranaree University of Technology. The results demonstrated that the sample group (79 medical students in sophomore year aging 18-20 years old and representing males in majority, 54.43%) showed an average grade prior taking individual classes mostly at 2.50-3.00; and the average score of the entire class after taking individual classes from Cornell critical thinking test (level Z) showed an increased number but not at statistically significant difference of 0.05. However, a further analysis of average grade in grouping students according to their grades revealed that students in specific groups of 2.50-3.00 and 3.00-3.50 grade showed higher score with a statistically significant difference of 0.05. These two groups represent a majority (70.89 %) of sample group. The samples’ opinions on content of the media, duration per a lesson, additional knowledge acquired from class, freedom in choosing class options, promptness
of computer equipment, and convenience in using the system were at high level. This instructional media, SEMC, benefits to learners in supporting their thinking skill and
responding to student-centered learning method which, in turn, promotes learning habit and eventually a self-learning education.
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