Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to analyse and compare the characteristic of learning styles among Prathom suksa six students. 2) to analyse and compare the level of critical thinking and creative thinking among Prathom suksa six students, and 3) to compare the critical thinking level and creative thinking level among Prathom suksa six students with different learning styles. The multi-stage sample consisted of 417 students in Prathom suksa six. The research instruments were 3 issues: a self-report on learning style was developed from Anthony Grasha and Sheryl Riechmann, critical thinking test and creative thinking test. Data analysis were descriptive statistics, T-test, [chi-square]-test and manova analysis using prepared computer program. The major findings were: 1) Prathom suksa six students had six learning styles. The most learning style was avoidant. Next were collaborative, competitive, participant, dependent and independent styles, respectively. The examination of [chi-square]-test with school, gender and age levels were related with learning styles. 2) Critical thinking and creative thinking scores were average. The comparison of average critical thinking and creative thinking with different backgrounds shown that female students in Prathom suksa six were higher than male students in Prathom suksa six. The students in Prathom suksa six with different age levels had no different critical thinking but creative thinking were different. Creative thinking in 11-12 years were higher than in 13-15 years. And 3) The manova analysis of critical thinking and creative thinking with different learning styles found that students collaborative learning style had critical thinking and creative thinking the most for instance students avoidant learning style had the least.