The Effects of Using Murdock’s Reading Teaching Method on Reading Comprehension Ability and Attitude toward Thai Language Learning of Grade 6 Students in Schools under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

              The objectives of this research were: 1) to compare reading comprehension abilities of Grade 6 students before and after learning from Murdock’s reading teaching method; and 2) to study attitude towards Thai language learning of Grade 6 students after learning from Murdock’s reading teaching method.   
The samples were 17 Grade 6 students in 2^nd semester, academic year of 2020 of Ban Kudsakoy School under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, obtained by purposive sampling. The research instruments were 1) learning management plans of Murdock’s reading teaching method; 2) a reading comprehension ability test; and 3) the attitude test toward Thai language learning.  Statistics used to
data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

              Research findings showed that: 1) the post-learning reading comprehension ability of Grade 6 students who learned from Murdock’s reading teaching method was significantly higher than their pre-learning counterpart ability at the .05 level of statistical significance; and 2) the post-learning attitude towards
Thai language learning of the Grade 6 students was at the high level.