ความคล่องแคล่วในการเรียนรู้ (Learning Agility) และความสัมพันธ์กับผลสัมฤทธิ์ทางการเรียนของนักศึกษามหาวิทยาลัย: การศึกษาเปรียบเทียบระหว่างสองคณะ
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigates learning agility among students from two faculties: the Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology and the Faculty of Innovation in Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. The objectives were to 1) Identify the level of students’ learning agility, 2) Examine the relationship between learning agility and cumulative grade point average (GPA), and 3) Compare differences in learning agility between students from the two faculties. A survey research design was employed, with data collected from 477 students at Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani Campus. The research instrument was a learning agility scale developed based on the concept proposed by Hallenbeck and validated for content validity by experts. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The findings revealed that students demonstrated a high overall level of learning agility (M = 5.75). However, its relationship with GPA was low and not statistically significant. Specifically, a slight negative correlation was found among students in the Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology (r = -.07, p > .05), whereas a slight positive correlation was observed among students in the Faculty of Innovation in Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (r = .12, p > .05). The comparison between the two faculties showed a statistically significant multivariate difference (Pillai’s Trace = .042, F (4,472) = 5.12, p < .01), with students from the Faculty of Innovation in Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food scoring higher across all dimensions. These findings suggest that learning agility may not be directly associated with academic achievement as measured by GPA, but rather functions as a context-dependent competency. Therefore, higher education assessment practices should incorporate authentic and competency-based evaluation approaches to better capture students’ holistic capabilities.
Institution: Prince of Songkla University
Language: Thai
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7219288802