The Development of an Integrated Learning Unit on Buddhist Fable in Subject Area of Social Studies Religion and Culture for Grade 7 students

Abstract

The purposes of research were 1) to development of an integrated unit on Buddhist Fable in Subject Area of Social Studies, Religion and Culture for Grade 7 students of Phuwiengwittayakhom School, 2) to study the results of an integrated unit on Buddhist Fable; 2.1) to compare pretest and posttest achievements
of Grade 7 students, 2.2) to study the E.Q. of Grade 7 students and 2.3) to study the satisfaction of Grad 7 students. This research method was Research and Development. There were 2-step process of research as follows; Step 1: Developing learning unit. This step employed 2 instruments; 1) An integrated learning unit of Buddhist Fable 2) An assessment form for learning unit. Step 2: Studying the results of learning unit. The samples were 35 Grade 7 students of class 2 by cluster sampling. This step employed 5 instruments; 1) A 30-item achievement test., 2) A 30-item E.Q. test., 3) A behavior observation, 4) An interview and 5) A 10-item questionnaire of satisfaction. The data were analyzed by mean, percentages, standard, deviation and hypothesis test by
t–test (dependent)

Findings were as follows: An integrated leaning unit on Buddhist Fable which consisted of 5 components: Concept, Objective, Content, Learning Management, and Measurement and Evaluation had the most suitable quality ( = 4.71, S.D. = 0.14) and the effectiveness were 85.60/82.48, equivalent to 80/80 criteria. 2) The results of using the integrated leaning unit were 2.1) students had posttest achievement higher than the pretest significantly at the .05 level, 2.2) The E.Q.’s students divided into 2 groups, 33 students were in normal group (94.71%) and 2 students were in lower group, and 2.3) Student’s satisfaction towards the integrated leaning unit was the highest level. ( = 4.60, S.D. = 0.56)