The benefits of using cooperative learning include academic achievement, communication skills, problem-solving, social skills and student motivation. Yet it is reported that cooperative learning as a Western educational concept may be ineffective in Asian cultural context. The study aims to investigate utilisation of scaffolding techniques for cooperative learning in Thailand primary mathematics classes. A teacher training program was designed to foster Thai primary school teachers’ cooperative learning implementation that includes the basic tenets of cooperative learning and socio-cognitive based learning. Two teachers participated in this experimental teacher training program for one and a half weeks and then implemented a cooperative learning in their mathematics classes for six weeks. The data collected from teacher interview and classroom observation indicated that both teachers were able to utilise scaffold techniques in their cooperative learning classes. This study showed that difficulty or failure of implementing cooperative learning in Thailand education may not be derived from cultural differences.
Techniques in Writing Abstracts for English Language Teaching Research Articles in Thailand
English Language Teaching, Move Analysis, Research Article Abstract
Writing an effective English abstract can be a challenging task for researchers. Non-native speakers of English, in particular, can find writing an abstract in English very difficult. To reduce the difficulty, a number of researchers examined the schematic structure of research abstracts across disciplines. This study investigated the moves and sub-moves commonly used in English language teaching (ELT) abstracts for journal articles published in Thailand, and identified conventional and optional move patterns in ELT abstracts. One-hundred English abstracts taken from five universities in Thailand were analyzed using Santos’ (1996) model. Across the dataset, five communicative moves, both conventional and optional, were identified. Discussions of the findings and pedagogical implications are provided.
Coaching Model, Instructional Coaching, Learners’ Potential, Secondary Students
Coaching is an interesting topic in teaching and learning used to develop learners. Coaching helps develop student potential by focusing on the aspect of self-learning. In this study, the author developed a coaching model based on the philosophy of progressivism and the constructivism learning theory. Semantic analysis and a text clustering technique were applied to generate a model. The model was implemented using the AB experimental design with secondary school students. The sample group was comprised of forty secondary school students in the Suphanburi province, Thailand. The results show a coaching model named the 3Es. The 3Es model comprises three components—engage, empower, and enliven—with twenty coaching roles. After implementing the 3Es model, it was found that the students’ potential increased before, during, and after the implementation of the model.
Enhancing Lesson Plan Writing Skills through Screencast-Assisted Written Feedback
Written Feedback, Screencast Feedback, Formative Assessment, Pre-service Teachers, Lesson Plan Writing
This study examined the impacts of integrating screencasts with word-processed marginal comments in written formative feedback on Thai pre-service English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ ability to write a lesson plan effectively. The Screencast-Assisted Written Feedback (SAWF) Model was designed as a responsive innovation to provide ongoing feedback to fourteen Thai pre-service EFL teachers at an open-admission university in Thailand. The gain scores between pre-intervention and post-intervention scores on lesson plan writing evaluated by a scoring rubric and semi-structured interviews revealed positive trends in utilizing the innovation. Concerning the students’ gain scores, the average normalized gain was in the high gain <g> = 0.79. Moreover, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test suggests that SAWF had a significant effect on improving students’ lesson plan writing skills. The magnitude of the mean differences in this study based on Cohen’s r measure indicated a strong effect size. It was concluded that the implementation of SAWF has a significantly positive effect on lesson plan writing skills of Thai EFL pre-service teachers. Thus, the findings affirmed that SAWF as an innovation can enhance Thai EFL undergraduate students’ lesson plan writing skills. In addition, the semi-structured interviews indicated positive initiation and outcomes for utilizing the innovation in the future.
A Learning Management Model to Enhance Creative Self-Directed Learning Skills in Thailand
Coaching, Professional Learning Community, Self-Directed Learning
The objectives of this research were to study and develop a learning management model that enhances creative self-directed learning skills among school students in Thailand and to prepare policy proposals and practical approaches for implementation in educational institutions. The study was conducted using a research and development methodology in four steps: literature review, development of a learning management model, model testing in sixteen classrooms with a total of 501 learners, and evaluation of the model’s effectiveness for enhancing creative self-directed learning skills. The research results revealed that effective learning management models for enhancing creative self-directed learning skills consist of principles, objectives, and learning management procedures with well-defined roles for teachers and learners and continuous evaluation. As teachers play a role in coaching learners, they should engage, empower, and enliven their students according to the context of learning management and the nature of the learners. Testing of the learning management model found that elementary and secondary learners both developed their creative self-directed learning skills with statistical significance at the 0.01 level. The researchers propose a policy to promote self-directed learning management in educational institutions.
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