The Development of Analytical Thinking Ability and Learning Achievement; Entitled, Culture and Local Wisdom by the Learning Management of Open Approach together with Role Play Method of Grade 5 Students

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) develop the analytical thinking ability of Grade 5 students by using learning management of open approach and role play method in order to pass the criterion score of 70 percent, and more than 70 percent of all students pass the required criterion score, 2) develop the learning achievement of Grade 5 students by using learning management of open approach and role play method. The samples of the research were 30 students in Grade 5 from Phorn Pradit School, Nongkoongsri District, Kalasin Province, in semester 2, academic year of 2021 acquired by random sampling technique. The research instruments included: 1) 6 lessons of learning management plan of open approach and role play method subject under the topic of ‘Culture and Local Wisdom’, 2) a test for measuring analytical thinking ability, and 3) a learning achievement test. The statistics for data analysis consisted of percentage, mean and standard deviation.

          The research findings revealed that: 1) the analytical thinking ability’s score of the students by using learning management of open approach and role play method was 73.50 percent (mean = 14.70), and 24 students (80 percent of all students) passed the criterion required. 2) the learning achievement’s score of the students by using learning management of open approach and role play method was 22.90 out of 30 (76.34 percent), and 26 students (86.67 percent of all students) passed the criterion required.