Proceedings of the 34th International Academic Conference, Florence

INCREASING STUDENT IMPROVEMENT: GIVING AUTONOMY TO STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE AT RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY KRUNGTHEP IN THAILAND THE COMPLETE PEER TEACHING METHOD TO THEIR PEERS IN C

KOMM PECHINTHORN

Abstract:

This research assessed the students’ improvement of their learning outcomes toward business subjects, specifically in the class of Production & Operation Management, after having peer teaching method by group with complete autonomy. The before and After period of study was implemented in order to compare the expected improvement between the selected groups of students who are assigned to participate in complete peer teaching activity as a group in front of class. To challenge all levels of students in this project, six to seven students are randomly selected into groups in their 3rd year with different rank of GPAs from highest to lowest at International College of Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep (ICUTK) in Thailand. They are assigned to read the chapter and prepared the presentation to educate their classes in each chapters by using the peer teaching method. Questionnaires were given to 46 students in order to collect useful data. The results indicated the positiveness toward the introduction and implementation of the peer teaching method and showed many improvements in different areas within the semester.

Keywords: Peer teaching; Students' improvement; Thailand

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2017.034.039

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