The effect of high-scope educational gaming activities on basic mathematical skill development in early childhood children
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The purposes of this study were to 1) develop high-scope educational gaming activities for early childhood children, and 2) compare the result of basic mathematical skills development in early childhood children before and after the implementation of high-scope educational gaming activities. The research sample was 30 early childhood children aged 5-6 years old studying in the second semester of the academic year 2021 at Taladbangbo (Sakpridaprachasan) School under the Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample was obtained using simple random sampling. The instruments used for collecting data were 1) high-scope educational gaming activities to improve the foundation of early childhood children’s mathematical skills, 2) educational game lesson plans, and 3) evaluation forms on early childhood children’s mathematical foundation. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test dependent hypotheses testing.
The results of the study revealed that 1) the implementation of high-scope educational gaming activities to improve the mathematical foundation skills of early childhood children was very suitable and 2) the high-scope educational gaming activities increased students' mathematical skills after implementation, with a statistical significance of 0.05 verifying the hypotheses.
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