THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ABILITY IN COMPOSING KAPYANI 11 POETRY USING ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN TNTEGRATED WITH TRADITIONAL THAI ACTIVITIES OF MATTHAYOMSUKSA 1 STUDENTS AT RATCHASIMA WITTHAYALAI SCHOOL

Abstract

The aims of this study were 1. to study the improvement of students’ ability to compose Kapyani 11 poetry using active learning strategies integrated with traditional Thai activities using 70% of the criteria as defined and 2. to measure students’ opinions of the selected active learning strategies. Thirty-nine students in Matthayomsuksa 1/6 enrolled in a Thai Language subject class during the 2nd Semester of the 2565 Academic Year participated in the study. The study group was determined by using Purposive sampling. The research tools included teaching four active learning lesson strategies integrated into traditional Thai activities, assessing Kayptani-11 poetry using a criteria-based rubric created for the study and administering a questionnaire measuring student satisfaction with the active learning instructional strategies.  The data analysis included reviewing raw percentages, determining mean scores and standard deviations. A t-test test was administered to assess reliability. The results of the study revealed that: 1. The students’ ability in composing Kapyani 11 poetry after teaching with active learning strategies integrated with traditional Thai activities increased as measured by a mean score of 15.59 which was 77.95 percent of the total score. This result was significantly higher than the defined criteria in terms of statistics at .01 and 2. The students’ satisfaction toward the use of active learning strategies integrated with traditional Thai activities in Thai subject in composing Kapyani 11 poetry was at an excellent level with a 4.80 mean score