THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOARD GAME LEARNING MEDIA IN SOCIAL STUDIES TO ENHANCE ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS AND LEARNING ENGAGEMENT OF PRE-SERVICE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS

Abstract

This research article has objectives 1. Develop board game learning media in social studies to enhance analytical thinking skills and learning engagement of pre-service social studies teachers, 2. Evaluate the effectiveness of board game learning media in social studies on analytical thinking skills and learning engagement of pre-service social studies teachers. The samples used in the research were 30 pre-service social studies teachers who studied in social studies program, College of Teacher Education, Phranakhon Rajabhat University.

The instruments used in the research consisted of lesson plans using board game learning media; an analytical thinking skill test, and a learning engagement evaluation. The experiment was conducted for 8 weeks. The data were analyzed by arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The research results revealed that: 1. Board game learning media in social studies consisted of six key components: 1. board game title, 2. objectives, 3. materials and objects, 4. rules of playing the game, 5. players, and 6. Stories. The quality of board game learning media in social studies was at the highest level, and had an efficiency (E1/E2) of 81.11/83.44, which followed criteria 80/80; 2. Pre-service social studies teachers who learned board game learning media in social studies had higher analytical thinking skills and learning engagement than pre-experiment at a statistically significant level of 0.05.