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The Effects of Children's Forest Math Game Activities on Their Understanding of Number and Space Concept

유아의 숲 체험 수학놀이 활동이 수와 공간 개념 이해에 미치는 효과

  • Kang, Young-Sik (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Graduate School of Education, Chungnam National University)
  • 강영식 (충남대학교 교육학과 교육대학원 유아교육)
  • Received : 2018.09.27
  • Accepted : 2018.11.02
  • Published : 2018.11.30
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Abstract

This study is intended to look into the effects of children's forest math game activities on their understanding of number and space concept. To achieve this, an evaluation was carried out to 20 4-year-old children in each group - experimental group and control group - by an evaluation sheet after forest math game activities during a total of 16 sessions 4 times a week for 4 weeks. The findings are as follows. First, children's forest math game activities had an effect on their understanding of number and space concept. Second, the difference between experimental group and control group showed that the experimental group received higher evaluation in the classifying and order finding items than the control group. It was confirmed that classifying and order finding in the forest math game were factors to help children's mathematical problem-understanding abilities. This implies that their forest math game activities have a positive effect on their mathematical problem-understanding abilities. Consequently, active forest math game activities for children are needed to help them understand the concept of number in the process of classifying task objects and solving tasks in order.

본 연구는 유아의 숲 체험 수학놀이 활동이 유아의 수와 공간 개념의 이해에 미치는 효과를 밝히는데 목적을 갖고 연구하였다. 대상은 만 4 세 유아 실험 집단과 통제 집단 각 20명으로 숲 수학놀이 활동을 통한 4 주간 주 4회씩 총 16회기에 걸쳐 숲 수학놀이 활동 놀이를 한 후 평가지에 의해 평가하였는데 그 결과를 보면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 숲 수학놀이 활동이 유아의 수와 공간 개념 이해에 미치는 효과 검정 결과 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 실험집단과 통제집단 간 차이 비교 결과 실험집단이 분류하기와 순서찾기 문항에서 높은 것으로 나타내 숲 수학놀이에서 분류하기와 순서찾기 놀이가 수와 공간개념 이해력에 도움을 주는 요인임을 확인시켜 주었다. 이는 유아들이 숲 수학놀이 활동이 유아의 수와 공간개념 이해력에 긍정적인 영향을 미침을 의미한다. 따라서 유아들의 숲 수학놀이 활동을 통해 과제별 대상을 분류하고 순서를 찾아 과제를 풀어가는 과정 속에 수의 개념을 이해시키기 위한 유아들의 숲 수학놀이 활동의 적극적인 활용이 요구된다.

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Table 1. Composition between Groups

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Table 2. Reliability

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Table 3. Group Homogeneity (Levene Verification)

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Table 4. Day-to-Day Operation of Class between Experimental Group and Control Group(Example)

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Table 5. Topics on Forest Game Activities during 16 Sessions

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Table 6. Non-experimental Group – Pre-/Post-Item Result Table

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Table 7. Experimental Group – Pre-/Post-Item Result Table

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Table 8. Group Matching Sample T-Test

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