Study of connections abilities of grade 6 students using Problem based learning with STAD technique

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) to compare connections abilities in mathematics of grade 6 students before and after using Problem based learning with STAD technique. and 2) to compare connections abilities in mathematics of grade 6 students using Problem based learning with STAD technique with the criterion of 70 percent of full marks. The sample consisted of 20 grade 6 students studying in the second semester of the academic year 2020 at Bangphomai School, under Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. They were selected using multi-stage random sampling. The research instruments were 10 lesson plans for the Problem based learning with STAD technique at the highest appropriate level, a mathematics connections abilities test with a reliability of 0.74. The statistics used for the data analysis were mean, percentage, standard deviation, t-test for one sample and t-test for Dependent Samples.

          The results of the study were as follows: 1) The connections abilities in mathematics of grade 6 students after using Problem based learning with STAD technique were higher than before at the 0.05 level of statistical significance, and 2) The connections abilities in mathematics of grade 6 students who studied using Problem based learning with STAD technique activities were higher than the criterion of 70 percent of full marks at the 0.05 level of statistical significance. ( = 16.80 from total 20 scores and S.D. = 1.98)