The Development of Analytical Thinking Skills on Natural Disasters in South America Using the 7-Steps Learning Cycle Instructional Model Combination with Educational Games for Grade 9 Students, Wat Suthiwararam School
Keywords:
Analytical thinking skills, 7Es learning cycle, Educational gamesAbstract
The purposes of this research were 1) to compare the analytical thinking skills on natural disasters in South America among students before and after instruction using the 7-step learning cycle instructional model combined with educational games, and 2) to study the students’ satisfaction with the instructional management on natural disasters in South America using the 7-step learning cycle model combined with educational games. The sample consisted of 38 students from grade 9 at Wat Suthiwararam School, who were enrolled in the first semester of the 2024 academic year, selected through cluster random sampling. The research instruments included 1) lesson plans utilizing the 7-step learning cycle instructional model on natural disasters in South America, 2) educational games on natural disasters in South America, 3) a 20-item multiple-choice analytical thinking skills test, and 4) a student satisfaction questionnaire on instructional management using the 7-step learning cycle instructional model combined with educational games. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test statistics (dependent t-test).
The results revealed that 1) students who received instruction through the 7-Steps learning cycle instructional model combined with educational games on natural disasters in South America had significantly higher post-instruction analytical thinking skills than pre-instruction with a statistical significance level of .05; and 2) students’ satisfaction with the instruction using the 7-Steps learning cycle instructional model combined with educational games was at the highest level.
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