ENHANCING STUDENTS’ LEARNING AND INNOVATION SKILLS THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND PEER COACHING

Abstract

This research aims 1. to evaluate students’ learning skills after using project-based learning and peer coaching to pass the 70% criterion, 2. to evaluate students’ innovation after using project-based learning and peer coaching, and 3. to study the students’ opinions toward project-based learning and peer coaching. The participants in this study were selected by a simple random sampling method which included 76 second-year English major students, Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University.The instruments used in this study included a learning skill assessment form, an innovation skill assessment form, and questionnaires. The data were analyzed by the application of percentage, mean (x̅), and standard deviation (S.D.). The findings revealed as follows: 1. After using project-based learning and peer coaching, the students achieved the assessment criteria in all aspects. 2. The average of students’ innovation was at the highest level. The most averages were the language used and the practical innovation, followed by the illustration and creativity. 3. The students’ opinions toward project-based learning and peer coaching were at the highest level. The highest average item consisted of 2 items, project-based learning encourages students to have worked on the procedures systematically, and promotes them to study, explore, and solve problems on their own. Next, project-based learning encourages students to learn through a group process, to create teaching materials or innovation, and peer coaching promotes students to exchange learning together freely and creatively. The outcomes of the study were a great pointer for ESL educators to deploy project-based learning and peer coaching as teaching methodologies to enhance students’ learning and innovation skills.