THE EFFECTS OF 4MAT LEARNING ON SCIENTIFIC PROCESS SKILLS OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to compare scientific process skills before and after learning by using the 4MAT learning of grade 4 students in medium size school under the Nongbualamphu primary education service area Office 1 in the second semester of academic year 2022. The sample consisted of 30 students that selected by cluster random sampling. This study design was one-group pretest-posttest design. The instrument of this study includes 1) 5 lesson plans on materials and substances by using 4MAT learning, and 2) scientific process skills test. The data were analyzed for mean, standard deviation, percentage and hypothesis test for compare scientific process skills between before and after learning by t-test for dependent sample. The results of this study showed students’ scientific process skills after learning ( =13.57 or 74.81%) was higher than before learning ( =5.97 or 33.15%) in significance at the 0.01 level.