The Causal Factors Influencing Science Achievement of Prathomsuksa 6 in Nakhonratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office One

Abstract

The main purposes of this research were 1) to study level of factors Influencing  Science Achievement of Prathomsuksa 6 2) to develop and validate a causal relationship model of the causal factors Influencing  Science Achievement of 420 students of Prathomsuksa 6 studying in a group of schools in the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office One which were selected by   two-stage sampling. The instrument for collecting the data were 4 tested, 6 scales and questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze information such as average, standard deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and check the consistency of the causal model developed with empirical data with the program LISREL. 

The results of study revealed that

1. Level of the causal factors Influencing Science Achievement of Prathomsuksa 6 showed the aptitude test at a high level, the background knowledge, the science process skills, the students’ achievement at a minimum criteria, a scale of teaching quality by teachers, a scale on parents’ attention, a scale on needs for achievement, a scale on attitude to the Science subject studying, a scale on studying concentrating at a high level and a scale on self-conception at a medium level.


2. Relationship of causal factors model Influencing Science Achievement of

Prathomsuksa 6 fitted with the empirical data by considering χ2 = 0.72, df = 19, p = .80, GFI = 0.99, CFI = 1.00, AGFI = .98, SRMR = .021 and RMSEA = .00  The noticeable variables which had influenced to the Science Achievement of Prathomsuksa 6 showed at the highest level of the aptitude test with the effect size 0.58, the teaching quality by teachers and self-conception with total effect size 0.22 and 0.18 respectively. The most indirect effects on the Science Achievement of Prathomsuksa 6 were the teaching quality by teachers and self-conception with total effect size 0.22 and 0.18 respectively. The results can be described the variances of the Causal Factors Influencing Science Achievement of Prathomsuksa 6 in Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office One for 80 percent.