The Development of Learning Activities Using the Integrated Teaching Techniques with 5E Inquiry Approach and Social Media on Agricultural Product Management for Grade 8 Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to develop and determine the  efficiency of learning activities using the integrated teaching techniques of 5E Inquiry Approach and social media, 2) to study working skills of Grade 8th students who study with the developed  learning activities using the integrated teaching techniques of 5E Inquiry Approach and social media, and 3) to study students’ attitude towards the developed  learning activities using the integrated teaching techniques of 5E Inquiry Approach and social media on “Agricultural Product Management”. The sample of this research was 18 for 8th grade students at Nongri Prachanimit School, in academic year 2019. The sample was selected based on a purposive sampling. The research instruments were learning activity model using integrated technique of 5E Inquiry Approach and social media, 2) students’ working skill assessment scale, and 3) student attitude questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the efficiency (E₁ / E₂), statistics, including mean, standard deviation and t-test for dependent sample. The results of this research indicated that 1) the efficiency of the integrated teaching technique of 5E Inquiry Approach and social media was 80.28/80.20, which met the efficiency criteria of 80/80, 2) the working skill of  Grade 8 students after taught with the integrated teaching technique of 5E Inquiry Approach and social media was at a high level, 3) after taught with the developed learning activities using the integrated teaching technique of 5E Inquiry Approach and social media on Agricultural Product Management students’ attitude score was higher than before study with a statistical significance level of 0.01.