Developing Academic Achievement on Development of the Thonburi Kingdom by adopting Jigsaw 2 Cooperative Learning Technique for 2nd Level of Secondary Education Students, Municipality 4 Lopburi Municipal Demonstration System School

Abstract

This research aims at developing learning activity plans by using Jigsaw 2 cooperative learning technique, measuring academic achievement before and after applying Jigsaw 2 cooperative learning technique, and evaluating student satisfaction towards using Jigsaw 2 cooperative learning technique. Derived by cluster random sampling, the sample group included 40 students of Mathayom 2 Room 6, Municipality 4 Lopburi Municipal Demonstration System School, Lop Buri Province in semester 1/2023.  Research instruments were 10 learning activity plans on Development of the Thonburi Kingdom, 30-question multiple-choice academic achievement test, and 20 five-level rating scale questions Statistics used in this research were average, standard deviation, and dependent t-test. The results revealed that 1.In terms of the result of developing learning plans on Development of the Thonburi Kingdom, the evaluation result from experts was at a good level and those plans could be applied for organizing learning activities. 2.For academic achievement results before and after using Jigsaw 2 cooperative learning technique, the achievement after studying was higher than achievement before studying at the statistically significant level of .05. 3.Regarding to student satisfaction towards using Jigsaw 2 cooperative learning technique, overall, students were satisfied towards the use of that technique at a high level ( = 4.49).