The Comparison of Preschool Children of Creative Thinking and the Communicative Ability Between Hand Puppet and Role Play Approach

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to 1) Determine the efficiency of Learning management by using hand puppets and role-play of preschool children year as effective as the standard 80/80 2) Evaluate the effectiveness of Learning management by using hand puppets and role-play 3) Compare the creativity thinking and ability to communicate of preschool children between before and after learning by using puppet and using role-play 4) Compare the creativity thinking and ability to communicate of preschool children between using hand puppets and using role-plays. The samples used in this study were 40 simples selected preschool children at Rammaraj School Office of Elementary School Phanom Education service area office 2. Instruments used were three: Learning management plan using hand puppets and Learning management plan using role-play, The creativity Thinking test of Torrance (Torrance Test of Creative Think Figural Form A) The difficulty ranging from 0.42 to 0.85, the discrimination ranging from 0.38 to 0.60 with a confidence equal to 0.94, and the evaluation the ability to communicate with children aged 3 - 5 years from the Department of Health. Mind Ministry of Health emotional quotient test with discriminating power between 0.35 to 0.59 with confidence equal to 0.97. The statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and hypothesis testing using t-test (Independent Samples), F - test for analysis of covariance (One-Way ANCOVA) and E1/E2 and E.I.
          The results were as follows
               1. The efficiency of using hand puppets on creative thinking were 86.58/85.44 and the ability to communicate were 93.50/92.57, and efficiency of learning in a creative role were 93.47/89.89 and the ability to communicate were 93.36/92.27, which higher than a predetermined threshold.
               2. The index of effectiveness of learning management using hand puppets, and role play, in creative Thinking were 0.5904 and 0.6860, and the ability to communicate were 0.7805 and 0.7648, indicated that children were making progress in the creative Thinking, representing 59.04 and 68.60. The children were making progress in their ability. Communication were 78.05 and 76.48 percent.
               3. Preschool children, both learning using the robot hand puppet, and role play, had the creativity Thinking management and ability to communicate higher than pre-test with statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
               4. Preschool children with different learning management between using hand puppet and role play had creative thinking differences with statistically significant at 0.01 but there were no Sinitic leally different in the ability to communicate.