The Development of a Time-Based Simulation Digital Game for Learning Tenses in Secondary 2 Students

Abstract

            The objectives of this research were 1) to develop a time-based simulation digital game for learning about Tenses in Mathayomsuksa 2, 2) to study the quality of time-based simulation digital games for learning about Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students, 3) to study the satisfaction of a time-based simulation digital game for learning about Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students and 4) to study the learning achievement on Tenses of Mathayomsuksa 2 students who studied with a time-based simulation digital game for learning about Tenses compared with Mathayomsuksa 2 students who studied with an English textbook about Tenses. The sample group consisted of 52 Mathayomsuksa 2 students at Buengkhamphroi Subdistrict Administrative Organization School 1, Buengkhamphroi Subdistrict, Lamlukka District, Pathumthani Province, totalling 52 people divided into experimental groups and control groups studying the lesson on Tenses, 26 people per group. The experimental group learned using a time-based simulation digital game to learn about tense. The research tools were 1) a time-based simulation digital game for learning about Tenses, 2) The digital game quality assessment questionnaire for learning about Tenses in Mathayomsuksa 2 level, 3) a Satisfaction questionnaire on time-based simulation digital games for learning about Tenses in Mathayomsuksa 2 and 4) Tenses learning achievement test in Mathayomsuksa 2 level. The data collection tool was the Tenses lesson in Mathayomsuksa 2, Tenses test set. The statistics used in the research were the mean, standard deviation and t-test.

           The research findings showed that 1) the quality assessment results from experts are appropriate at a high level. It was found that there should be four components: 1.1) The passage of the game following the lesson. 1.2) Designing a simulation game for players to understand situations that require the knowledge in the lesson as a component in each level. 1.3) Game tests for analyzing educational achievement during and after learning. 1.4) Storing the player's data makes it possible to compare the results of the next gameplay. 2) The quality and satisfaction of learning a time-based simulation digital game for learning Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students found that the quality assessment results from experts were appropriate at a high level. It shows that the quality of simulation games for learning can be used as teaching aids. Also, the satisfaction assessment results on learning with a time-based simulation digital game for learning Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students were high. 3) To compare the learning achievement of Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students who learned by using a time-based simulation digital game for learning Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students to compare with those of the Mathayomsuksa 2 students who studied with the English textbook on Tense. It was found that the experimental sample group had mean test scores higher than before learning by a time-based simulation digital game for learning Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students with statistical significance at the 0.05 level. The experimental group has achievement on the test higher than the control group using the English language learning method with usual teaching methods. It can be concluded that the study of English using a time-based simulation digital game for learning Tenses for Mathayomsuksa 2 students have a learning effect so that learners memorize English words and terms using Tense, making the ability to read English articles better, learners have fun and conducive to learning anytime, anywhere.