Development Problem-based Approach to promote Scientific Communication and Collaboration Skills in Concept of Living Things of Grade 5 Students

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study learning management approaches and 2) development problem-based approach to promote scientific communication and collaboration skills in concept of living things of grade 5 students. There is a 6-step problem-based learning model, these are: step 1: Identify the problem, step 2: understanding the problem, step 3: conducting research, step 4: knowledge synthesis, step 5: summarize and evaluate the answer, and step 6: presentation and evaluation. The participants in the research were 12 students from grade 5 students in an elementary school in Sukhothai Province and purposive selection. The research instruments included a set of lesson plans, learning sheets, and reflective journals. Content analysis and data creditability by method triangulation were used to identify the findings. The research results found that: 1) learning management should choose a problem situation close to the students in daily life, an example should be given in connection with the situation received and in accordance with the experience of the learners, and 2) scientific communication and collaboration skills were more development in every operating cycle.