Rangsangan kemahiran motor halus dan kognitif murid prasekolah menggunakan playdough:  Stimulation of children's fine motor and cognitive skills using playdough

AMIZAH; CHRISTINA ANDIN

doi:10.51200/jpp.v12i1.5009

Authors

AMIZAH Fakulti Psikologi dan Pendidikan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
CHRISTINA ANDIN Fakulti Psikologi dan Pendidikan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/jpp.v12i1.5009

Keywords:

playdough, kemahiran motor halus, prasekolah, fine motor skills, preschool

Abstract

Kajian ini mengkaji keberkesanan kemahiran motor halus dan kognitif kanak-kanak menggunakan aktiviti bermain playdough. Dalam kajian ini, reka bentuk ujian pra-pasca satu kumpulan menggunakan kaedah kuasi-eksperimental telah digunakan. Kumpulan rawatan terdiri daripada 15 orang murid prasekolah berumur 6 tahun sebagai sampel kajian. Data dikumpul menggunakan prosedur ujian pra, ujian pasca, dan pemerhatian. Hasil kajian menunjukkan terdapat peningkatan purata skor kemahiran motor halus daripada 60.53% peratus kepada 89.87% iaitu peningkatan sebanyak 27.47%. Kemahiran kognitif juga menunjukkan peningkatan purata skor daripada 66.53% kepada 95.20%. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan aktiviti bermain playdough memberikan kesan positif kepada perkembangan Kemahiran motor halus dan kongitif kanak-kanak. Oleh yang demikian penggunaan playdough boleh diperluaskan sebagai salah satu aktiviti pembelajaran dalam kelas pendidikan prasekolah.

This study examines the effectiveness of children's fine motor and cognitive skills using playdoughactivities. In this study, a one-group pre-post test design using a quasi-experimental method was used. The treatment group consisted of 15 preschool students aged 6 years as a study sample. Data were collected using pre-test, post-test, and observation procedures. The results of the study show that there is an increase in the average score of fine motor skills from 60.53% percent to 89.87% which is an increase of 27.47%. Cognitive skills also showed an increase in the average score from 66.53% to95.20%. The results of this study show that playing playdough has a positive effect on the development of children's fine motor and cognitive skills. Therefore, the use of playdough can be expanded as one of the learning activities in preschool education classes.

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