TThe Effects of Cooperative Learning Management Using Stad Technique Combined With Board Games to Enhance Learning Achievement in Science on the Topic of Genetics for Grade 9 Students at Phatthalung School

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to compare the learning achievement of Grade 9 students on the topic of genetics between the experimental group, who learned through cooperative learning using the STAD technique combined with board games, and the control group, who learned through traditional teaching methods; and 2) to study the satisfaction of Grade 9 students after learning through cooperative learning using the STAD technique combined with board games. The sample used in this study consisted of Grade 9 students in the first semester of the 2024 academic year at Phatthalung School, Phatthalung Province. The experimental group consisted of 30 students from class 3/10, and the control group consisted of 30 students from class 3/2, selected through simple random sampling. The research instruments included: 1) lesson plans on genetics using cooperative learning with the STAD technique combined with board games; 2) lesson plans on genetics using traditional teaching methods; 3) an achievement test; and 4) a satisfaction questionnaire on the cooperative learning approach using the STAD technique combined with board games. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results of the study revealed that: 1) the learning achievement of the experimental group, who received cooperative learning using the STAD technique combined with board games, was significantly higher than that of the control group, who received traditional teaching methods, at the .05 level of statistical significance; and 2) the students in the experimental group expressed the highest level of satisfaction with the cooperative learning approach using the STAD technique combined with board games on the topic of genetics.