The purpose of this research was to study the effects of K-W-L-H Training technique with Think-Pair-Share on academic achievement and retention in social studies of Mathayomsuksa Two students. The subjects were 60 Mathayomsuksa Two students who were studying in the
first semester of the academic year 2006 at Phokiriraj School in Khok Pho District, Pattani
Province. The first group was trained through the use of K-W-L-H technique with Think-
Pair-Share activities. The second group was trained through the use of K-W-L-H technique with traditional learning activities. The research instruments were 6 instructional plans for
each group, and the test for academic achievement and retention in social studies which had .80
reliability. Both experimental groups were trained for 2 weeks before taking the test, and
t-test was used for data analysis.