The Development of The Dog and The Shadow - a 2D Multimedia to Promote Preschool Students’ Learning

Abstract

The purposes of the current study are 1) to develop a 2D multimedia under the title of "The Dog and                           The Shadow" to promote preschool students' learning, and 2) to study users' satisfaction with the 2D multimedia under the same title.  In this study, the developed multimedia was employed to promote kindergarten 2 students.  The targets were 3 experts and 5 teachers teaching kindergarten classes, selected by purposive sampling method.  The instruments used were: 1) a 2D multimedia under the title of "The Dog and The Shadow," 2) a quality evaluation form, and                              3) a satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used in data collection were mean score and standard deviation.                          The results show that 1) the 2D multimedia under the title of "The Dog and The Shadow" was developed with a length of 3.21 minutes.  It was designed to promote the communicative skills of kindergarten 2 students.  2) The results of the media evaluation by experts indicate a high level of quality (  = 4.43, S.D. = 0.40). Moreover, 3) the targets' satisfaction with the developed 2D multimedia was at a high level (  = 4.32, S.D. = 0.49). It can be inferred that the developed 2D multimedia under the title of "The Dog and The Shadow" was appropriate to be published and employed to develop the to promote the learning of kindergarten 2 students.