The Development of Reading Comprehension and Social Media Literacy According to Akita Action Guidelines for Elementary School

Abstract

The research objectives were 1) to study the effectiveness of the skill enhancement form according to the guideline of the Akita action lesson plan on reading comprehension ability and social media literacy; 2) to compare the learning achievement on reading comprehension and social media literacy with the guideline of the Akita action lesson plan before and after learning; 3) to study the satisfaction of students using the guideline of the Akita action lesson plan on reading comprehension and social media literacy; and 4) to study guidelines for solving problems on reading comprehension and social media literacy by implementing the guideline of the Akita action lesson plan. The sampling group consisted of 142 Grade 6 students in Loei Province and interviewed 4 teachers from 4 schools in Loei Province in the second semester of the academic year 2021. The instruments used in this study were the guideline of the lesson plan for developing reading comprehension abilities and social media literacy according to Akita action guidelines, the achievement test, the satisfaction questionnaire, and the semi-structured interview. Learning achievement was compared before and after the study using Paired Sample t-test statistics.