Abstract:
This research aims to study and compare the results of the learning and teaching with Direct Instruction Model on mapping skills of students majoring in geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Srinakharinwirot University. Target groups are 2nd-year students majoring in Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Srinakharinwirot University. There were 62 students enrolled in Cartography I course in the year 2013 and 87 students enrolled in the year 2014, totally 149 students. The research is one group Pre-test Post-test Design. Research instruments are Direct Instruction Model lesson plans for eight weeks with evaluation forms for mapping skills. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential analysis and Dependent-sample t-test. The results showed that students enrolled in the year 2013 had overall mapping skills marks before learning at a low level (mean = 2.19, SD = .79), while another group enrolled in the year 2014 had the overall mapping skills pretest in moderate level. (mean = 3.05, SD = .33). When considering the mapping skills of the year 2013 after learning, mapping skills of the students were at the high level (mean = 4.11, SD = .60). Students enrolled in the year 2014, mapping skills marks were at a high level (mean = 4.05, SD = .43). The results of comparing before and after the learning found that students enrolled in the year 2013 had a whole mapping skills after learning higher before learning with statistical significant at the level of 0.01 (t = 17.68, p <.01) and students enrolled in the year 2014, the overall mapping skills after learning had a higher level of statistical significance at the level of 0.01 (t = 8.44, p <. 0.01)