Development of Multimedia on History of Buddha for Prathomsuksa 3 Students at Chumchon Wat Koei Chai Nuea “Prachanukun” School, Chum Sang District, Nakhonsawan Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research article were 1) to study the efficiency of multimedia on History of Buddha for Prathomsuksa 3 students according to the 80/80 criteria; 2) to compare the learning achievement before and after learning with multimedia; and 3) to study the satisfaction of students towards multimedia. This is an experimental research. The research group was 25 Prathomsuksa 3 students in the second semester of the 2022 academic year. The research instruments were 1) multimedia on History of Buddha for Prathomsuksa 3 students, 5 volumes, 2) pre- and post-test on History of Buddha for Prathomsuksa 3 students, 30 items, and 3) the questionnaire on students’ satisfaction towards learning with multimedia on History of Buddha for Prathomsuksa 3 students was a rating scale with 15 items. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and test statistics. The research results found that 1) the results of the development and efficiency of multimedia had an overall efficiency (E1/E2) of 83.33/86.11, which was higher than the criteria of 80/80, 2) the results of the comparison of learning achievement before and after learning with multimedia found that the post-learning score was significantly higher than before learning at a statistical level of .05, 3) the results of the study on students’ satisfaction with multimedia showed the highest overall satisfaction (= 4.45, S.D. = 0.17).