DEVELOPMENT MATHAYOMSUKSA4 STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT ON PHYSICS UNITS AND QUANTITIES USING A SERIES OF QUEST-BASED ACTIVITIES (5Es)

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study Mathayomsuksa 4 students' learning achievements after participating in the learning management on physics units and quantities using a series of quest-based activities (5Es) with a test; 2) to compare the students’ learning achievements with the established passing criteria after learning physics units and quantities through the series of quest-based activities and tests; and 3) to study the students’ attitudes towards the learning management on physics units and quantities through a series of quest-based activities (5Es). The samples were 60 Mathayomsuksa 4 students in semester 2/2020 obtained by using cluster sampling. The instruments for the data collection were a test, activity sheets, and questionnaires. The data were analyzed statistically through the index of item objective congruence, difficulty, discrimination, reliability, means, standard deviations, the efficiency of the series of quest-based activities with reference to the established passing criteria (E₁/E₂), and t-test statistics (one sample t-test).

The findings were: 1) in comparison with the preset threshold of 75/75 (E1/E2), the efficiency of the quest-based activities was 87.25/62.72 reporting the higher procedural performance value (E1) of 87.25 and the lower after-learning performance value (E2) of 62.72;  2) post-study achievement using a series of quest-based activities exceeded the 60 percent score threshold statistically significantly at the level of .05, with the average score of 62.72 percent; and 3) the results of the students’ attitudes towards the learning management on physics units and quantities using a series of quest-based activities (5Es) were rated as satisfied at the high level with the mean score of 4.44 and the standard deviation of .64.