THE DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC BOOK TO DEVELOP WRITING THAI LANGUAGE FOR THE 1ST YEAR UNDERGRAGUATE STUDENTS LOPBURI COLLEGE OF DRAMATIC ARTS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was 1) develop and determine the efficiency of the electronic book (E-Book) “Thai Writing for the First-Year Students of Lop Buri College of Dramatic Arts” according to the efficiency criteria, 2) compare the academic achievements of the students before and after using the E-book and 3) discover their satisfaction with the E-book. It is experimental research. The target group is the first-year students of the Bachelor of Education program at Lop Buri College of Dramatic Arts who enrolled in the 300-12001 Thai for Communication course in the first semester of the academic year 2021. The research instruments consisted of 1) the E-Book “Thai Writing for the First-Year Students of Lop Buri College of Dramatic Arts”, 2) a learning management plan for the use of the E-Book 3) pre- and post-achievement tests before and after using the E-Book and 4) a student satisfaction questionnaire with the E-Book. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean ( ), standard deviation ( ), percentage, and t-test dependent. The results are as follows: 1) The E-Book “Thai Writing for the First-Year Students of Lop Buri College of Dramatic Arts” developed by the researcher obtained an efficiency of 82.30/82.81, which met the specified criteria of 80/80. 2) Based on the comparison of their academic achievement scores before and after using the E-Book, overall, the students receivedhigher academic achievement after using the E-Book at a statistical significance of .05. 3) Regarding their satisfaction with the E-book, the overall satisfaction of the students was at a high level (  = 4.30,  = 0.72)