Learning Achievement Comparison of Prathomsuksa 3 Students Learning from Computer-assisted Instruction with Child and Adult Narrator’s Voice

Abstract

The objective of this research was to compare learning achievements of Prathomsuksa 3 (Grade 3) students using computer-assisted instruction with different narrative voices. The sample group consisted of 60 students from Prathomsuksa 3 (Grade 3) Level of Anuban Krabi School in 2016 academic year obtained by mean of Simple Random Sampling of the total population of 173 students. They were then separated into 2 experimental groups, 30 students each. The first group learned from computer-assisted instruction with child narrator’s voice while the second group learned from computer-assisted instruction with adult narrator’s voice. The research tools were the computerassisted instruction with child narrator’s voice, the computer-assisted instruction with adult narrator’s voice and a post-test. The data were analyzed using arithmetic mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research results showed that learning achievement of students learned from computer-assisted instruction with child narrator’s voice did not significantly differ from that of students learned from computer-assisted instruction with adult narrator’s voice.