THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES RELIGION AND CULTURE SUBJECTS ON THE TOPIC OF THE LORD BUDDHA’S HISTORY BY USING PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS GRADE 2, BAN MAE LAMAO SCHOOL, MEASOD DISTRICT, TAK PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) establish and find out the effectiveness of programmed instruction on the topic of the Buddha’s biography of 2^nd grade students at Ban Mae Lamao School, to meet the 80/80 criterion, 2) compare academic achievement before and after learning management with programmed instruction on the topic of the Buddha’s biography of 2^nd grade students at Ban Mea Lamao School, and 3) study the satisfaction of 2^nd grade students at Ban Mae Lamao School toward the learning management by using programmed instruction on the topic of the Buddha’s biography. The sample consists of 19 total number of 2^nd grade students at Ban Mea Lamoa, Mae Sot District, Tak Province, by purposive sampling selection.  The research tools consist of 1) the seven programmed instructions of the social studies, religion and culture subject on the topic of the Buddha’s biography, 2) the achievement test on the topic of Buddha's History, and 4) satisfaction questionnaire toward the programmed instruction. Statistics employed in analysis consists of Mean ( ), Standard Deviation (S.D.), and Dependent Sample t-test. The research results were found that 1) programmed instructions of the Buddha’s biography of 2^nd grade students had an efficiency of 93.95/92.89, which is higher than the 80/80 criterion, 2) the academic achievement of 2^nd grade students who participate the class on the topic of the Buddha’s biography after studying was higher than before at a statistical significance of .01, and 3) 2^nd Grade students' satisfaction toward the programmed instruction on the topic of the Buddha’s biography was overall at the highest level ( =4.49, S.D.=0.46).