A Comparison of Learning Achievement and Attitude Towards the 20204-2102 Word Processor Course Among First-Year Vocational Certificate Students Using the Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD) and Lecture Method

Abstract

A comparison of learning achievement and attitude towards 20204-2102 word processor course among first-year vocational certificate students using Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and lecture method study aimed to 1) develop learning achievement of first-year vocational certificate students in 20204-2102 Word Processor course, Business Computer Department, Phitsanulok Vocational College by using Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) 2) to compare learning achievement of first-year vocational certificate students in 20204-2102 Word Processor course, Business Computer Department, Phitsanulok Vocational College by using student team achievement division and lecture method 3) to compare learning achievement of first-year vocational certificate students in 20204-2102 Word Processor course, Business Computer Department, Phitsanulok Vocational College before and after learning by using Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and 4) to compare learning achievement of first-year vocational certificate students in 20204-2102 Word Processor course, Business Computer Department, Phitsanulok Vocational College before and after learning by using lecture method. The correspondents were 44 Business Computer students in their first year of vocational certificate in the Vocational Education program and were selected with purposive sampling which were divided into 2 groups: experimental group and control group. There were 3 research tools in this study: lesson plans of the method of Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) and lecture method, pre-test and post-test, and achievement test. The statistic for data analysis was the average (), the standard deviation (S.D.), the percentage, and t-test. The result of this study was 1) the students’ learning achievement after using the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) in 20204-2102 Word Processor course was significantly higher than the students who were taught by Lecture method at .05.