The Development of a Learning Activity Model to Enhancethe Competency of Active Learning Management of MathematicsTeacher Students: A Case Study of Buriram Rajabhat University
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to study the need for development instructional competency of mathematics teacher students, 2) to develop a learning activity model to enhance the competency of active learning management of mathematics teacher students, and 3) to evaluate the model. The target group for the need studying consisted of 48 mathematics teacher students of years 4 and 5. The instrument was a questionnaire with 0.95 overall reliability coefficient. The data were analyzed in terms of mean and standard deviation. The target groups for creatingmodel were six pre-service teachers, six mentor teachers, and seven experts. The instruments were an interview form and seminar record form. The three experts evaluated the appropriate and feasibility of the model. Before evaluating the usefulness of the model, the researcher used the model with target group, 28 teacher students. The instructional competency of mathematics teacher students was evaluated. The research results found that the need for development was at the highest level. A learning activity model to enhance the competency of active learning management of mathematics teacher students was composed of three parts: part 1, concepts and principles, part 2, objectives, and part 3, developmental process. The developmental process comprised four steps: 1) preparation, 2) evaluation prior to the development, and 4) post development assessment. The appropriate, feasibility, and usefulness of the model were evaluated at the highest level.After using this model, their performance of the instructional competency was positively evaluated in all aspects.