A comparative study of academic achievement and satisfaction in social studies of Grade 9 students under game-based and teacher-centered learning methods at Satriwitthaya 2 School, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

This study aimed to determine academic achievement and satisfaction between Grade 9 studentsunder Game-basedlearning and Teacher-centered learning methodsat Satriwitthaya 2 School, Bangkok. The participants of this study were 60 students from Grade 9 who were studying with game-basedand teacher-centered learning methodsat Satriwitthaya 2 School, Bangkok. This study was a comparative study research design. In addition, a questionnaire from developing teaching games with computer systems for conversion based on a computer mathematics course at the vocational certificated students. This study analyzed descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and comparative analysis independent samples t-test (2-tailed). This study found that Grade 9 students' academic achievement taught by game-based learning was higherthan Grade 9 students' academic achievement taught by teacher-centered learning. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between Grade 9 students' academic achievement taught by game-based learning method and those taught by teacher-centered learning method. The satisfaction for game-based learning was 3.95, and for teacher-centered learning, the method was 3.65, which was interpreted as high.