The Effect of Movement and Rhythmic Activity Enhancing Dancing Skills for Mathayomsuksa 3 Students

Abstract

This research aimed 1) to develop of movement and rhythmic activity enhancing dancing skills for Mathayomsuksa 3 students to pass the criteria 70 percent, 2) to compare dancing skills before and after using for student’s criteria 70 percent. The sample was the Mathayomsuksa 3 students in Mahasarakham University Demonstration School (Secondary), 39 people second semester of academic year of 2021. The instrument used in this study were 1) plans for learning by rhythmic activities, with 4 Plans for 12 hours of learning. and 2) dancing skills test. The statistics used for analyzing the data were percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The results of the study were as follows:

1. The efficiency of the movement and rhythmic activities lesson plan was 84.15/83.28 which was higher than the expected criteria.

2. Mathayomsuksa 3 students’ who attended the activities had their average scores in dancing skills higher than before attending the activities. was 67.49/83.28 which was higher than the expected criteria.

In summary, the development of movement and rhythmic activity enhancing dancing skills for Mathayomsuksa 3 students was efficient and actually helped students practice themselves by using their bodies to move which made them enjoyable and also received compliments after dancing. Therefore, it should be used for teaching activities in physical education in other classes.