THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED LEARNING MODEL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE LEARNING (LT TECHNIQUE) AND POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TO ENHANCE LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT GROUP, WORK SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES FOR LEARNERS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) Develop learning activities that integrated digital technology with the Learning Together (LT) cooperative learning technique and positive reinforcement. 2) Compare students' learning achievement before and after learning. 3) Study students' group work skills. and 4) evaluate students' key competencies. This experimental research employed a one-group pre-test-post-test design. The sample consisted of 28 Mathayom 2 students at Ronpiboonkiatwasuntaraphiwat School, obtained through cluster random sampling using the classroom as the sampling unit. The research instruments comprised: 1) A 1-hour lesson plan using the LT technique as the core framework integrated with digital media. 2) An Economics learning achievement test. 3) A group work skills evaluation form. and 4) a behavioral observation form for key competencies. All instruments were verified for content validity, difficulty, discrimination power, and appropriate reliability. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and a t-test. The findings were as follows: 1) The developed learning activities consisted of an Economics lesson plan on the topic of "Factors of Production," PowerPoint media, a picture guessing game, a random wheel for grouping, an electronic book (E-book), a "My Product Production" worksheet, and a test. 2) Students' post-test learning achievement (Mean = 9.18) was significantly higher than their pre-test achievement (Mean = 4.11) at the .01 level of statistical significance. 3) Students' overall group work skills were at a very good level (Mean = 17.75 out of 20 points). 4) Students' key competencies in three aspects communication capacity, thinking capacity, and life skills capacity were overall at a very good level.