Abstract:
The purposes of the research study were (1) to develop a web-based instruction model with cognitive load reduction and creative problem solving techniques for enhancing undergraduate students cognition and creativity, (2) to investigate the results occurred after the developed model was used, and (3) to propose the model. The research operation was divided into three phases. In the first phase, the web-based instruction model was constructed and was assessed by 13 specialists. For phase two, the constructed model was tried out with 40 undergraduate students majoring Technology Management in Faculty of Industrial Technology, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University. The students cognition and creativity were pre-tested and post-tested. Students performance was compared, using t-test. Regarding phase three, the developed model was proposed after being certified by five experts. The first research result showed that the developed model was assessed as the most appropriate by 13 specialists and consisted of four main components; namely, cognitive load reduction web, preparation, learning, and assessment. The cognitive load reduction comprised reduction of split attention, redundancy, and load by using modality. The activities in the preparation stage included giving orientation, grouping learners and having them practice. Regarding learning stage, the students cognition and creativity were pretested. The content was studied and mental effort was assessed. Then creative problem solving process was put into practice and authentic assessment was integrated into each activity. The problem solving process contained six activities; constructing opportunities, exploring data, framing problem, generating ideas, developing solution and building acceptance. With respect to assessment, summary was made in a form of mind mapping, the design was assessed through creative problem solving process. The cognition and creativity were then posttested. The second research result showed that after studying with the developed model, the students got higher scores from their cognition and creativity posttest than from the pretest at a statistical significance level of .05. The third research result, according to the five experts, the constructed model was most appropriate and could be used with undergraduate students.