THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL READING AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITIES OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS USING PROBLEM BASED LEARNING

Abstract

The research purposed to develop critical reading ability and to develop creative problem-solving thinking on Mathayomsuksa grade 3 students through organizing PBL activities appropriated a baseline passing score of 80%. A simple random sampling was 33 students, 1 classroom from Mathayomsuksa grade 3, at Ban Lueam Pittayasan School under the Nakhon Ratchasima Secondary Educational Service Area, on 1 st semester, academic year 2023. The research pattern was one-group. An action research classroom was designed according to the concept of Kemmis & Mc Taggart, consisted of 4 steps: 1. Planning step 2. Operational step 3. Observation step 4. Reflection step. Organizing PBL learning activities were used an experimental tool with a learning management plan of 3 circuits, each with 4 plans, totaling 12 plans, 50 minutes each. The research evaluation tools consisted of 1. a critical reading ability test and 2. a creative problem-solving ability test which were analyzed Quantitative data with statistics as: Arithmetic Mean, Standard Deviation and Percentage. A Qualitative data was used a content analysis.

The research results shown as: 1. Students had a Mean score of critical reading ability at 25.48. Representing 84.95 percent and the S.D. was 1.60. There were 29 students who passed the criteria, representing 87.87 percent. 2. Students had a Mean score of 24.61 for creative problem-solving ability, representing 82.02% and the S.D. of 0.97. 30 students were passed a score accounted for 90.90%.