THE EFFECTS OF USING AN INTEGRATED GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES PACKAGE DEVELOP ATTENTIVE MENTAL SKILL OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN AT ANUBAN NONG BUA LAM PHU SCHOOL IN NONG BUA LAM PHU PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were (1) to compare the levels of attentive mental skill of pre-school children in the experimental group before and after engaging in guidance activities prescribed in an integrated guidance activities package; and (2) to compare the level of attentive mental skill of pre-school children in the experimental group who engaged in guidance activities prescribed in the integrated guidance activities package with the level of counterpart skill of pre-schoolchildren in the control group who engaged in normal activities. The research sample consisted of 30 third year pre-school children of Aruban Nong Bua Lamphu School in Nong Bua Lamphu province, obtained by cluster sampling. Then, they were randomly assigned into the experimental and control groups, each of which containing 15 students. The employed research instruments were an integrated guidance activities package to develop attentive mental skill of pre-school children, and a scale to assess attentive mental skill behavior of pre-school children, with reliability coefficient of 0.97. Statistics used for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The research results showed that (1) after engaging in guidance activities prescribed in an integrated guidance activities package, the experimental group pre-school children’s level of attentive mental skill was increased significantly at the .01 level of statistical significance; and (2) after the experiment, the attentive mental skill level of the experimental group pre-school children who engaged in guidance activities prescribed in the integrated guidance activities package was significantly higher than the counterpart level of the control group pre-school children