Effects of Using An “IT SAYS-I SAY-AND SO” Teaching Technique on the Problem-Solving Ability and Attitudes Towards Learning About Thai Literature of Year-2 Secondary School Students
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https://doi.org/10.60027/iarj.2026.e289369Keywords:
“It Says-I Say-And So” Teaching Technique, Prblem-Solving Abilities, Attitudes Toward Learning About Thai LiteratureAbstract
Background and Aims: Reading Thai literature plays a crucial role in developing students’ analytical thinking, interpretive abilities, and creative reasoning. Through Thai literary study, students engage in connecting knowledge from texts, articulating well-founded opinions, and critically evaluating literary value. Despite these benefits, Grade 8 students at a secondary school in Nonthaburi Province have demonstrated low academic achievement in Thai literature and expressed disinterest, perceiving literary studies as irrelevant to everyday life situations. To address this challenge, it is necessary to implement instructional approaches and/or techniques that emphasize analytical thinking and active discussion. In response, this research explores the application of the “It Says-I Say-And So” teaching technique in literature classes for these students. The study aimed to compare students’ problem-solving abilities and attitudes toward learning about Thai literature before and after the experiment.
Methodology: This quasi-experimental study targeted 23 Grade 8 students from a secondary school in Nonthaburi Province during the second semester of the 2024 academic year, selected through purposive sampling. Three research instruments were employed: (1) fifteen 50-minute lesson plans using the “It Says-I Say-And So” instructional technique, with an item-objective congruence (IOC) index averaging 1.00; (2) a problem-solving ability test, which demonstrated an IOC index of 0.66, a reliability coefficient of 0.74, item discrimination (r) ranging from 0.30 to 0.70, and item difficulty (p) between 0.45 and 0.65; and (3) an attitude scale measuring students’ perceptions of literature learning, which had an IOC index of 1.00, a reliability of 0.87, and item discrimination values between 0.25 and 0.85. Data were analyzed using median, standard deviation, and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to determine statistical differences.
Results: The findings revealed that the students who received instruction through the “It Says-I Say-And So” teaching technique demonstrated significantly higher problem-solving abilities and attitudes toward learning about Thai literature than before the experiment. The difference was statistically significant at the .05 level (Sig. = 0.003, 0.014), supporting the research hypotheses.
Conclusion: “It Says-I Say-And So” teaching technique supported students’ analytical thinking, critical reasoning, and abilities to connect knowledge from Thai literary texts to real-life applications. The teaching technique also enabled students to incorporate ideas and lessons learned from Thai literature as part of their reasoning and planning processes for addressing problems encountered in everyday life situations.
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