The Effects of the Synectics Teaching Model Combined with the EKKE Model to Promote Creative Writing of Sixth Primary Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to compare the creative writing skills of sixth-grade students before and after using the Synectics teaching model combined with the EKKE model and 2) to study students’ satisfaction with the teaching. The research was the quasi-experimental design, one group pretest-posttest design. The samples were 30 sixth-grade students from Banbophut School, Suratthani, in the Primary Education Service Area Office 1. The instruments were 1) 5 lesson plans with the Synectics teaching model combined with the EKKE model, 2) a creative writing skills test, and 3) a satisfaction questionnaire of the Synectics teaching model combined with the EKKE model. The statistics used include mean and dependent t-test. The research findings were as follows:

1) The mean of students’ creative writing skills earlier teaching was 12.13, and the after teaching was 21.37. As a result, the creative writing skills were significantly higher than before teaching at the level of .01.

2) Overall, the result of students’ satisfaction by using the teaching model was at a high level, with a mean of 3.59 and a standard deviation of .36. The highest level of satisfaction was that students were content with their studies; the mean was 4.20 and the standard deviation was .96.