The Development of 6Th Grade Students’ Learning Achievement in Information Technology Through Project-Based Learning Activities

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop 6th grade students’ learning achievement in information technology Through project-based learning activities and 2) to study the students’ satisfaction with the project-based learning activities. The target group consisted of 15 grade 6 students in Ban Huai-dai School, under the Office of Loei Primary Education Service Area l, in the 2020 academic year. The One-Group Pretest-Posttest Research Design was applied to the study. Research instruments included 1) 4 lesson plans on information technology which took 15 instructional periods to complete, 2) a 20-item multiple-choice learning achievement test on information technology and 3) a questionnaire to elicit the students’ opinions in connection with their satisfaction with the learning activities. The collected data were analyzed by means of percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and a t-test.
The findings show that:
1. The students’ mean posttest score was significantly higher than their pretest one at the.05 level of significance,
2. The students’ overall satisfaction with the project-based learning activities ranked the “highest” level (x̅=4.55). However, when considered each aspect separately, it was found that the learning atmosphere aspect was ranked “highest” level (x̅=4.52), the learning activities was ranked “high” level (x̅=4.29), the usefulness of the learning activities was ranked “high” (x̅=4.40), while the aspect of working cooperatively with friends which allowed them a good time was ranked the “highest” level of satisfaction (x̅=5.00).