Factors Influencing Learning and Innovation Skills of Grade 6 Students in Private Schools in Udon Thani Province

Abstract

              This research aimed to 1) study the correlations among factors of attitudes towards learning, achievement motivation, learning environment, and teachers’ teaching behavior with learning and innovation skills of primary school students, and 2) develop predictive equations for learning and innovation skills of primary school students. The samples were 410 grade 6students and 25 teachers of schools under the Office of the Private Education Commission, Udon Thani Province, in the 2023 academic year. They were obtained from multi-stage random sampling. The research instrument was a constructed questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed using Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The research findings were as follows: 1) The factors were positively correlated with the learning and innovation skills of the primary school students at a statistically significant level of .01. They were ranked from the highest to the lowest mean scores as attitudes towards learning, achievement motivation, learning environment, and teachers' teaching behavior. 2) The factors that predicted the learning and innovation skills of the primary school students at a statistically significant level of .01 included attitudes towards learning (ATL) and achievement motivation (AMO). In contrast, learning environment (LEN) and teachers’ teaching behavior (TTB) could predict at a statistically significant level of .05. All the factors could jointly predict the learning and innovation skills of the primary school students at the percentage of 54.80. The equations for predicting the learning and innovation skills of the primary school students, including raw-score-equation and standard-score-equation, are as follows:

              Y’ = 0.460 + 0.573ATL + 0.117AMO + 0.073LEN + 0.083TTB

              Z’_y = 0.635Z_ATL + 0.139Z_AMO + 0.098Z_LEN + 0.067Z_TTB