The Effect of Project Work on Students’ Reading Comprehension: A Study at Baoshan University

Angcharin  Thongpan; Yang  Xiaorui; Phornnuanphajong Luangwangpho

doi:10.14456/jasrru.2025.31

ผู้แต่ง

Angcharin Thongpan -
Yang Xiaorui Master’s Degree Student in English Language Teaching program, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Roi Et Rajabhat University, Thailand.
Phornnuanphajong Luangwangpho Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Roi Et Rajabhat University, Thailand.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/jasrru.2025.31

คำสำคัญ:

Reading, Project Work, Reading Comprehension, Opinion, Baoshan University

บทคัดย่อ

The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of project work on Baoshan University students’ reading comprehension and the Baoshan University students’ opinion towards project work. The samples were 30 the first-year students majoring in Pre-school Education in Baoshan University. There were three instruments employed in this study and they were lesson plans, reading comprehension test and student’s opinion questionnaire. The data from tests were statistically analyzed by paired sample t-test. mean and standard deviation. The result of the research revealed that: 1) The Baoshan University students’ mean score in reading comprehension posttest significantly differed from the pre-test at the level of 0.05. 2) The Baoshan University students’ opinion towards the project work was as a high level.

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