The Results of Game-Based Learning Using the "Secret Hitler" Board Game to Promote Active Citizenship Against Corruption in the Anti-Corruption Course for Grade 12 Students at Pattananikhom School, Lopburi Province

Abstract

     The purposes of this research were to 1. develop a game-based learning management plan using the Secret Hitler board game, 2. compare the characteristics of active citizenship against corruption, and 3. examine students’ satisfaction with learning management using the Secret Hitler board game. The sample group consisted of 35 Mathayom 6/3 students from one classroom enrolled in the Anti-Corruption course at Pattananikom School during the first semester of the 2025 academic year. The sample was selected using cluster random sampling. The research instruments included (1) ten lesson plans, (2) a seven-item writing assessment measuring active citizenship in relation to corruption, and (3) an eighteen-item satisfaction questionnaire. Data were analyzed using content validity analysis, the mean, standard deviation, and a dependent-samples t-test.

     The results revealed that 1. the game-based learning management plan using the Secret Hitler board game achieved a content validity score of 4.75, indicating appropriateness at the highest level, 2. the post-learning scores on the characteristics of active citizenship against corruption were significantly higher than the pre-learning scores at the .05 level of statistical significance, and 3. students’ satisfaction with the game-based learning approach using the Secret Hitler board game was at a very high level.