An Analytical Study of the Characteristics and Quality of Classroom Research of Student Teachers in Mathematics at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University

Abstract

This research aimed to: (1) study the characteristics of classroom research conducted by student teachers in the Mathematics Education program at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, and (2) analyze the quality of classroom research conducted by student teachers in the Mathematics Education program at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University. The researcher collected data from the entire population, which consisted of 58 classroom research reports produced by student teachers in the Mathematics Education program at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University during the academic year 2025. The research instruments consisted of (1) a checklist for analyzing the characteristics of classroom research, and (2) an evaluation form for assessing the quality of classroom research. The statistics used in this research included frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

The research findings can be summarized as follows:

1. Regarding the characteristics of classroom research, Part 1 on general characteristics and context of the studies revealed that most classroom research focused on improving students’ learning achievement, with Active Learning as the main instructional approach used in teaching and learning. Overall, the studies mainly aimed at improving students’ learning achievement. In Part 2 on research methodology, most studies were quasi-experimental research. Instructional media or innovations were mainly used as independent variables, while learning achievement was used as the dependent variable. Achievement tests were used as research instruments, and descriptive statistics were mainly used for data analysis.

2. The analysis of the quality of classroom research conducted by student teachers in the Mathematics Education program at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University showed that, overall, the quality was at a good level, with a mean score of 3.64.