THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION SKILL BY USING ACTIVITY PACKAGES WITH BASED ON GAMIFICATION AND 6-STEPS LADDER TECHNIQUE FOR SECONDARY 1 STUDENTS AT PHUNPHINPITTAYAKOM SCHOOL

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) Develop learning activity packages using the Six-Step Ladder Technique in combination with gamification, 2) Compare students’ reading comprehension skills before and after learning through the developed activity packages, and 3) Examine students’ satisfaction with the learning activities. The sample consisted of 40 Grade 7 students from Class 1/8 at Phunphinpittayakom school, selected through cluster random sampling. The research instruments included three learning activity packages, three lesson plans totaling nine hours, a reading comprehension skills test, and a satisfaction questionnaire. The instruments were validated by experts. The learning activity packages had a mean appropriateness score of 4.61. The lesson plans had a mean appropriateness score of 4.72 with a standard deviation of 0.42. The reading comprehension test had IOC values ranging from 0.60 to 1.00, item difficulty values ranging from 0.42 to 0.75, discrimination indices of 0.20 or higher, and a KR-20 reliability coefficient of 0.85. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, efficiency value, effectiveness index, and paired-samples t-test. The findings revealed that 1) The learning activity packages had an efficiency of 83.58/84.66, which was higher than the 80/80 criterion, and an effectiveness index of 0.76; 2) Students’ post-test reading comprehension score 25.40 was significantly higher than their pre-test score 9.50 at the .05 level; and 3) students’ satisfaction with the learning activities was at the highest level ( = 4.65, S.D. = 0.42). These findings indicate that the developed learning activity packages effectively enhanced students’ reading comprehension skills and learning motivation.