The Development of a Mathematics Learning Management Model Based on Constructivist Concepts Combined with the 4MAT System to Promote Critical Thinking Skills for Grade 3 Students in Kwang Jon Subdistrict School Group

Abstract

The research objectives were 1) to develop a mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills; 2) to study the results of using a mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills, and 3) to evaluate and improve a mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills. The sample group consisted of 27 students in grade 3 at Ban Nong Kung School, Kwang Jon subdistrict school group, in the first semester of the academic year 2022, obtained through cluster random sampling. The research instruments were a mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills, a critical thinking assessment with a reliability of 0.89, a mathematics achievement test with a reliability of 0.95, and a satisfaction questionnaire on learning with the model with a reliability of 0.93. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test.
The research findings were as follows:
1) A mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills was found to have a high level of appropriateness. (= 4.44, S.D. = 0.58).
2) The use of a mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills resulted in higher post-study critical thinking skills and learning achievement than pre-study at a statistical significance level of.05. The students had the highest level of satisfaction with a mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills. ( = 4.32, S.D.=0.46).
3) Experts certified a mathematics learning management model based on constructivist concepts combined with the 4MAT system to promote critical thinking skills, finding that it had an average Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) of 0.82, indicating that it was appropriate and could be used.