DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS ACTIVITY PACKAGES BASED ON OPEN APPROACH, PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) AND STEM EDUCATION AFFECTING MATHAYOM SUKSA 1 STUDENTS’ CREATIVENESS, LEARNING HAPPINESS AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to develop Mathayom Suksa 1 Students’ Mathematics Activity Packages based Open Approach, Problem Based Learning and STEM Education to gain the standard effective index, to compare Mathayom Suksa 1 Students’ creativeness, learning happiness and learning achievement possessed before and after learning through the developed Mathematics Activity Packages based Open Approach, Problem Based Learning and STEM Education, to compare creativeness, learning happiness and learning achievement of the students whose attitudes towards learning differed after they had learnt through the developed Mathayom Suksa 1 Students’ Mathematics Activity Packages based Open Approach, Problem Based Learning and STEM Education. The subjects were 38 Mathayom Suksa 1 Students who were studying in the second semester of 2017 academic year at Mukdahan School under the jurisdiction of the Office of Secondary Educational Service Area 22. They were gained by cluster random sampling technique using the classrooms as their sampling units. The instruments employed consisted of Mathayom Suksa 1 Students’ Mathematics Activity Packages based Open Approach, Problem Based Learning and STEM Education, to test to examine the students’ creativeness, the test to measure the students’ learning happiness, learning achievement test, and 5) a questionnaire to survey the students’ attitude. The statistics adopted for data analysis included mean, standard deviation, effectiveness index, t-test (Dependent Samples), One-way ANOVA, One-way MANCOVA, and One-way ANCOVA. The study unveiled these results: The developed Mathayom Suksa 1 students’ Mathematics Activity Packages based on Open Approach, Problem Based Learning and STEM Education gained their standard effectiveness index of 0.66 which was higher than the set criteria of 0.50 or higher. After the students had learnt through the Mathematics Activity Packages based on Open Approach, Problem Based Learning and STEM Education, their creativeness, learning happiness and learning achievement were significantly higher than those of before at .05 statistical level and After the students whose attitudes towards learning differed (high, moderate, low) had learnt through the Mathematics Activity Packages based on Open Approach, Problem Based Learning and STEM Education, their creativeness, learning happiness and learning achievement were not significantly different at .05 statistical level.