The aim of this research project is to study the factors that affect the higher order thinking skills of students in Bangkok, Thailand. The participants of this research project are 14 experts in education, selected with an intentional sampling technique. From the interviews with the experts, the 4 factors that affect the students' higher-order thinking skills were determined: classroom environment, achievement motives, internal locus of control, and parenting. Keywords: Higher order thinking, factors affecting skills, student thinking skills.
This research project had the objective of synthesizing and process of the development of functional competencies of Heads of Departments of secondary schools under Office of the Basic Education Commission in Thailand. The study of the synthesis of Heads of Departments is carried out in 3 steps, namely, 1) data reduction, 2) data display, and 3) conclusion drawing/verification. The findings were as follows. The 7 components consist of 1) intellectual leadership, 2) quality management, 3) educational innovation and information technology, 4) professionalism development, 5) curriculum, measurement and evaluation of learning, 6) learning organization, and 7) professional ethic.
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