Study of Learning Retention and Scientific Attitude of Grade 3 Students Learned via Educational Games

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Science plays a very important role in society today and in the future because it affects everyone in daily life and across various occupations. Tools and equipment to facilitate life and work, as well as changes in the economy, society, culture, environment, and scientific knowledge and technology that are rapidly advancing. This research aims to 1) compare the academic achievement of Grade 3 students before and after being organized to learn through educational games on the topic of human and animal life. 2) Study the academic sustainability of Grade 3 students after being organized to learn through educational games on the topic of human and animal life. 3) Compare the scientific attitudes of Grade 3 students before and after being organized to learn through educational games on the topic of human and animal life.

Research Methodology: This research is experimental. Survey and study of preliminary data. The sample group is 14 Grade 3 students at Waranyawit School, Na Chueak District, Maha Sarakham Province. By cluster random sampling, the instruments used were 1) 6 game-based learning plans, lasting 12 hours, and 2) an achievement test, a 25-item multiple-choice test with an IOC of 1.00, a difficulty level between 0.38 and 0.81, a discrimination level between 0.25 and 0.73, and a reliability level of 0.96. 3) a scientific attitude test, a 30-item multiple-choice test with an IOC of 0.80-1.00, a discrimination level between 0.41 and 0.96, and a reliability level of 0.97. The statistics used were mean, standard deviation, percentage, and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient. The statistics used to test the hypothesis were a dependent-samples t-test.

Research results: 1) Comparative results of the achievement of Grade 3 students before and after learning with educational game-based learning on the topic of human and animal life. It was found that the students had higher academic achievement after learning than before learning at a statistical significance level of .05. 2) The results of the study of the academic sustainability of the third grade students after learning with the educational game learning management on the topic of human and animal life found that the students had academic sustainability with the post-test scores and the two-week post-test scores having a correlation coefficient of 0.99, which was highly positively related at a statistical significance level of .05. 3) The results of the comparison of the scientific attitudes of the third-grade students before and after learning with the educational game learning management on the topic of human and animal life found that the students had higher scientific attitudes after learning than before learning at a statistical significance level of .05.

Conclusion: Teaching with games is an effective way to help students learn in a fun and challenging way. The students are the players themselves, allowing them to gain direct experience. It is a method that allows students to participate deeply, learning through play, making learning meaningful and lasting.