LEARNING ACTIVITY PACKAGE FOR PM2.5 LITERACY AND PREVENTION OF EARLY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN BORDER SCHOOLS, RATCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

This research article aimed to 1) develop a learning activity package on PM2.5 literacy and prevention for early elementary students in border schools, Ratchaburi Province, 2) evaluate the efficiency of the learning activity package based on the E1/E2 criteria, and 3) study the satisfaction of early elementary students toward the learning activity package. This study employed a pre-experimental research design. The sample consisted of 343 students in Grades 1–3. The sample size was determined using              Krejcie and Morgan table, and cluster sampling was then used to represent border districts in Ratchaburi Province. The research instruments included: 1) a learning activity package, 2) a learning achievement test, and 3) a student satisfaction questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The results indicated that: 1) the learning activity package on PM2.5 literacy and prevention for early elementary students in border schools, Ratchaburi Province consisted of a cover, preface, table of contents, instructions, learning objectives, content, activities, materials and media, activity record sheets, lesson exercises, references, and songs, 2) the efficiency of the learning activity package met the E1/E2 criterion at 91.95/95.83, the posttest learning achievement was significantly higher than the pretest at the .05 level (t = 20.69), and 3) the satisfaction of early elementary students toward the learning activity package was at the highest level (  = 4.75, SD = 0.50).