THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE FOR PRATHOMSUKSA 5 STUDENTS BY USING THE REAP MEDTHOD THINK – PAIR – SHARE TECHNIQUE

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) Develop and enhance the effectiveness of reading comprehension skill exercises using the REAP teaching method along with think – pair – share technique for 5^th grade students to be efficiency 80/80,  2) compare the reading comprehension skill during Pretest and Posttest learning of 5^th grade students, 3) study the satisfaction levels of 5^th grade students towards skill-based training to promote reading comprehension using the REAP teaching method along with think – pair – share technique. The research results found that: 1) The results of construction of reading comprehension skill exercises for the 5^th grade students (E₁/E₂) was 80.26/84.84 which is higher than 80/80 of criterion. 2) The average score of the results of comparing reading comprehension skills during Pretest and Posttest learning were 15.97 and 23.71 which the posttest score significantly is higher than pretest score at .05 level. 3) The overall satisfiend of the result of the test on the student’s satisfaction of learning was the most satisfiend  (= 4.57, S.D. = 0.12).