The Developing Cognition and Thinking Skills of Early Childhood Using Unplugged Coding

Abstract

          The purpose of this research were 1) to study the activities management to develop the cognition and thinking skills of early childhood using Unplugged Coding; 2) to construct and examine a model of activities management to develop the cognition and thinking skills of early childhood using Unplugged Coding; and 3) to study the effects of the activities management model to develop the cognition and thinking skills of early childhood using Unplugged Coding. Data were collected from 50 early childhood teachers and used a model of activities to develop the cognition and thinking skills of early childhood with students in the classroom of 200 volunteer teachers participating in the research project. The research instruments were a questionnaire of the activities management model to develop the cognition and thinking skills of early childhood using Unplugged Coding, the model of activities to promote the development of cognition and thinking skills of early childhood, a propriety assessment of model form, and the behavioral of cognition and thinking skills assessment form. The data were analyzed by means, standard deviation, and dependent samples t-test. The research found that the overall level of the activities management to promote the development of cognition and thinking skills of early childhood using Unplugged Coding both overall and in each component were at medium level. The activities management model to promote the development of cognition and thinking skills of early childhood consisted of learning objectives, summary, learning management, use of learning materials, and the behavioral of cognition and thinking skills assessment form. The propriety assessment of the model was at a high level. The results of the model showed that development of children, who were experimented using the activities management model to promote the development of cognition and thinking skills of early childhood using Unplugged Coding had significantly improved at .05 level.