Cover Image

Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschool children’s number operations in addition and subtraction skills. The sample consisted of 60 six years old children from two different Sekolah Kebangsaan preschools who we...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chong , Chai Fung
Format: Thesis
Published: 2021
Subjects:
BF Psychology
L Education (General)
Online Access:http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/2/Chong_Chai_Fung.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/1/Chong_Chai_Fung.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.um.stud.15205
record_format eprints
spelling my.um.stud.152052024-11-25T23:14:35Z Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung Chong , Chai Fung BF Psychology L Education (General) The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschool children’s number operations in addition and subtraction skills. The sample consisted of 60 six years old children from two different Sekolah Kebangsaan preschools who were selected to participate in this study. 30 children from Preschool A were placed in the Experimental group and 30 children from Preschool B were placed in the Control group. The research instruments consisted pre-test and post-test addition and subtraction questions, 10 lessons of creative play activities on early mathematics in addition and subtraction games for the Experimental group and normal teaching in mathematics for the Control group. The research was conducted using a quasi-experimental design. Creative play activities had significantly affected the performance in early mathematics among the Experimental group children in addition and subtraction skills as revealed in the post-test results. Paired-samples t-test for both addition (p<.000) and subtraction (p<.001) showed a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test. The findings of the SPANOVA multivariate test showed there was a significant interaction effect for both the Control and Experimental groups in addition (p<.024) and subtraction (p<.041). The findings indicated that 10 lessons of creative play activities in early mathematics in addition and subtraction games conducted for the Experimental group were more effective than the normal teaching in mathematics conducted for the Control group. Moreover, creative play activities had also indirectly enhanced creativity, imagination, Higher Orders Thinking Skills (HOTS), problem solving skills and social skills among preschool children. It is hoped that the findings from this research will be used as a guidance to the preschool teachers. The various creative games in addition and subtraction can be used for future implementation in teaching and learning in a systematic way instead of using worksheets for the preschool children to guarantee a high quality of achievement in early mathematics education in future. 2021-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/2/Chong_Chai_Fung.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/1/Chong_Chai_Fung.pdf Chong , Chai Fung (2021) Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/
institution Universiti Malaya
building UM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaya
content_source UM Student Repository
url_provider http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/
topic BF Psychology
L Education (General)
spellingShingle BF Psychology
L Education (General)
Chong , Chai Fung
Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung
description The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschool children’s number operations in addition and subtraction skills. The sample consisted of 60 six years old children from two different Sekolah Kebangsaan preschools who were selected to participate in this study. 30 children from Preschool A were placed in the Experimental group and 30 children from Preschool B were placed in the Control group. The research instruments consisted pre-test and post-test addition and subtraction questions, 10 lessons of creative play activities on early mathematics in addition and subtraction games for the Experimental group and normal teaching in mathematics for the Control group. The research was conducted using a quasi-experimental design. Creative play activities had significantly affected the performance in early mathematics among the Experimental group children in addition and subtraction skills as revealed in the post-test results. Paired-samples t-test for both addition (p<.000) and subtraction (p<.001) showed a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test. The findings of the SPANOVA multivariate test showed there was a significant interaction effect for both the Control and Experimental groups in addition (p<.024) and subtraction (p<.041). The findings indicated that 10 lessons of creative play activities in early mathematics in addition and subtraction games conducted for the Experimental group were more effective than the normal teaching in mathematics conducted for the Control group. Moreover, creative play activities had also indirectly enhanced creativity, imagination, Higher Orders Thinking Skills (HOTS), problem solving skills and social skills among preschool children. It is hoped that the findings from this research will be used as a guidance to the preschool teachers. The various creative games in addition and subtraction can be used for future implementation in teaching and learning in a systematic way instead of using worksheets for the preschool children to guarantee a high quality of achievement in early mathematics education in future.
format Thesis
author Chong , Chai Fung
author_facet Chong , Chai Fung
author_sort Chong , Chai Fung
title Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung
title_short Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung
title_full Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung
title_fullStr Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung
title_full_unstemmed Effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / Chong Chai Fung
title_sort effects of creative play activities on early mathematics performance among preschoolers / chong chai fung
publishDate 2021
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/2/Chong_Chai_Fung.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/1/Chong_Chai_Fung.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15205/
_version_ 1817842517273477120
score 13.223943

Similar Items