The effects of learning management for career education course using collaborative learning process (CO-5STEPs) on analytical thinking abilities and teamwork collaboration competency of 6th grade students
Abstract:
This research aimed 1) to compare the analytical thinking ability of 6th grade students who were organized to learn with the 5-step collaborative learning process with those who were organized to learn in a lecture-based method 2) to study the teamwork collaboration competency of 6th grade students who were organized to learn with the 5-step collaborative learning process. The sample group was 6th grade students of Anubanrayong School in academic year of 2024, consisting of 2 classrooms, divided into a control group of 40 participants and an experimental group with 40 participants. The research instruments consisted of learning activity plans with the 5-step collaborative learning process and the lecture-based method, analytical thinking ability test, and teamwork collaboration competency assessment form. Data analyses included the mean, standard deviation, and independent sample t-tests. The results demonstrated that: 1) the analytical thinking ability of the experimental group were organized to learn career education course with the 5-step collaborative learning process was higher than those students in control group who were organized to learn in a lecture-based method with a statistical significance level of .05, and 2) the teamwork collaboration competency of the 6th grade students who were organized to learn career education course with the 5-step collaborative learning process (CO-5STEPs) exhibited an evaluation result at a very good level (average = 3.29, SD = 0.56).