The results of using the Inquiry process skill set to develop critical thinking Abilities of 2th year students majoring in Public Administration at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University

Abstract

The results of using the Inquiry process skill set to develop critical thinking abilities of 2th year students majoring in Public Administration at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University The objective was to develop a set of exercises on the Inquiry process skill set. according to the 80/80 performance criteria and to compare the ability to think There is judgment between before studying and after studying. The sample group was 2nd year students in the Department of Public Administration. Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University Studying in the second semester of the academic year 2022, enrolled in the public policy and planning course, 1 class, 35 students, obtained by selective sampling. The research tools were 1) a set of exercises for Inquiry process skill set, 2) a learning management plan, and 3) a critical thinking ability test. The style is a multiple-choice type. The statistics used in the research were: 1) Efficiency determination of the 80/80 skill set, calculated from the E1/E2 formula; 2) Pre-learn and post-learn analysis. with average standard deviation and non-independent t-test.
The results showed that
1) Efficiency of the Inquiry process skill set Efficiency was 87.42/80.00 percent, higher than the specified criteria of 80/80.
2) have the ability to think critically after school is higher than before with the Inquiry process skill set training set at statistical significance at the .01 level