Happiness in Learning of High School Students at a University Demonstration School, University of Prayao

Authors

  • Patcharin Katsatasri Department of Educational Psychology and Guidance Demonstration School, University of Prayao

Keywords:

Happiness in learning, High school students, Demonstration School, University of Prayao

Abstract

     This research article aims to achieve the following objectives: 1) To study the level of learning happiness in high school students at Demonstration School, University of Phayao. 2) To compare the learning happiness of high school students at Demonstration School, University

of Phayao, classified by gender, grade level, sufficiency of family income, and academic achievement. This research model is exploratory research. The area is the Demonstration School, University of Phayao. The target group used the purposive sampling method with 553 samples from high school students at the Demonstration School, University of Phayao, in the academic year 2023. The questionnaire is divided into three parts, as follows: Part 1) personal factors with 31 questions, Part 2) family factors with 11 questions, and Part 3) school factors with 22 questions Analyze data using means, standard deviations, and percentages.

     The research findings are as follows: 1) The results of the study found that the level of learning happiness in high school students at a certain university-affiliated school at the University of Prayao is high level (gif.latex?\bar{x} = 3.90). 2) comparative analysis of differences in learning happiness among high school students at the same university-affiliated school in University of Prayao revealed that there was no significant difference in happiness in learning based on gender and grade level. Therefore, it does not correspond to the hypothesis set by the researchers. However, there was a significant difference in happiness in learning based on sufficiency family income and academic achievement were statistically significance at .05 level.

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Published

2023-12-20

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Katsatasri, P. (2023). Happiness in Learning of High School Students at a University Demonstration School, University of Prayao. Suan Sunandha Asian Social Science, 17(2), 43–55. retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ssajournal/article/view/266874

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