THE EFFECTS OF THE MODELING AND SOCIAL REINFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOR ENHANCING PUBLIC MIND OF PRATHOMSUKSA 5 STUDENTS AT BAANSALANG PHAN SCHOOL IN SURIN PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the effects of enhancing public mind of Prathomsuksa 5 students. 2) to compare the enhancing public mind of students before and after participated in the program. This research was the

quasi experimental research which selected by purposive sampling method. The population consisted 22 students of Prathomsuksa 5 at Baan SalangPhan School in the second semester, year of 2013. Population participated in the group activities for 14 sessions, 50 minutes per each session. The instruments used in this research  were: the modeling and social reinforcement program, the public mind test. Mean, standard deviation, Non Parametric Statistics (The Wilcoxon Matches Pairs Signed Rank Test) were utilized for analyzing data. The research results indicated that: 1) the posttest scores from enhancing public mind test of the population were higher than pretest scores at .05 level of significance. 2) the population reported that participating in the enhancing public mind program helped them to learning, understanding and recognizing the importance of having public mind, maintaining public utilities, environment, and also participating in beneficial activities to school, community and social.