A Study of Ability of Critical Thinking on Life and Environment by Using Integrated Learning Method for Grade 9 students

Abstract

This research aimed to compare the ability of critical thinking of the students who were taught by integrated learning method. Experimental research method was used. Population of this study was 120 students studying science in the first semester of academic year 2017. The sample of this research consisted of 30 students of grade 9 in the 1st semester of 2018 at the Demonstration School of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. The sample of this research was used by cluster random sampling. The statistic treatments used were mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research findings showed that critical thinking of the students taught by integrated learning method between pre-test and posttest scores were statistically different at .05.