Comparisons of Creative Problem Solving and Learning Achievement of Mattayomsueksa 5 Students Who Learned Using the Problem-Based Learning with Project-Based Learning and Conventional Learning Approaches

The purposes of this research were: (1) to develop lesson plans for organization of learning activities using problem?based learning with project-based learning and conventional learning approaches with a required efficiency criterion of 75/75, (2) to find out effectiveness indices of the plans for organization of learning activities using problem?based learning with project-based learning and conventional learning approaches, (3) to compare creative problem solving and learning achievement between organization of learning activities using problem?based learning with project-based learning and conventional learning approaches. The sample for this study consisted of Mattayomsueksa 5 students, attending Sikhoraphumpisai School in the second semester of the academic year of 2013, obtained using the cluster random sampling technique. The students were divided into 2 groups, Experimental group was Mattayomsueksa 5/2 students who learned using organization problem?based learning with project-based learning approaches ; and control group was Mattayomsueksa 5/4 students who learned using organization conventional learning approaches. The instruments used in this study were: (1) with 5 units, 12 hours plans for organization of learning activities using problem?based approach, (2) with 1 units, 6 hours plans for organization of learning activities using project-based approach, (3) with 6 units, 18 hours plans for organization of learning activities using conventional approach, (4) creative problem solving thinking test with a reliability of .85, (5) a 40 item 4 multiple choice achievement test with discriminating powers ranging .33-.70 and a reliability of .93, The statistics used for analyzing the collected data were percentage, mean, standard deviation and Hotelling’s T2 was employed for testing hypothesis. The results of the study were as follows: 1. The plans for organization of learning activities using problem?based learning with project-based learning and conventional learning approaches had efficiencies of 84.70/80.87 and 79.81/75.24 which were higher than the established requirement. 2. The effectiveness indices of the plans for organization of learning activities using problem?based learning with project-based learning and conventional learning approaches were 0.7390 and 0.6666 showing that the students had learning progress at 73.90 percent and 66.66 percent respectively. 3. The students who learned using problem?based learning with project- based learning had higher creative problem solving thinking and achievement test than those conventional learning at the .05 level of significance.