The Learning Experiences by using Creative Activity Sets to Develop Basic Science Skills for kindergarten, 2nd year

Abstract

This study the objective were to: 1) develop the learning experiences using a set of creative activities that meet the criteria 80/80. 2) compare basic science skills kindergarten, 2nd year before and after learning experiences using creative activity sets and 3) study the effectiveness index of the learning experiences by using creative activity sets. The sample used in this research namely, kin- dergarten students from year 2/4 who are studying in the second semester of academic year 2016, Kindergarten Municipality, Rong Kwang Subdistrict Under the Municipality of Rong Kwang Subdistrict, Phrae Province, the number of 32 children of kindergarten year 2, which was acquired by group sampling. The tools used in the research were: 1) learning experience management plan 2) creative activity set for creativity. 3) science basic skills assessment number 50 items. Statistics used in data analysis were mean, standard deviation and t -test dependent samples.

The research found that

1.Thelearningexperiences byusingcreativeactivitysets withefficiencyof93.76/87.52 which is in accordance with the established criteria 80/80.

2. The comparison of basic science skills of early childhood kindergarten Year 2, before and after thelearningexperiences byusing creativeactivity sets, found thatearly childhood children who received the process-oriented experience using creative activity sets having an average score after organizing experiences higher than before organizing experiences with statistical significance at the level of .05.

3. Effectiveness index of organizing process-oriented learning experiences using creative activity sets theoverall average is 0.6132, indicating that early childhood has increased learning prog- ress. Accounted for 61.35 percent.