KESAN AKTIVITI BRAIN GYM TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN KOGNITIF KANAK-KANAK PRASEKOLAH

EFFECT OF BRAIN GYM ACTIVITIES TOWARDS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF KINDERGARTEN’S CHILDREN

Abstract

Kajian kuasi eksperimen ini bertujuan untuk menilai keberkesanan aktiviti-aktiviti Brain Gym terhadap perkembangan kognitif kanak-kanak di peringkat prasekolah dalam aspek-aspek klasifikasi, seriasi, konsep nombor, operasi nombor, konsep masa, konsep ruang dan penyelesaian masalah. Seramai 60 kanak-kanak prasekolah yang berumur enam tahun yang terlibat dalam kajian ini. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan dalam pembangunan kognitif di antara kumpulan eksperimen dan kumpulan kawalan dalam semua aspek dengan nilai t 10,389 (df = 58), p < 0.05. Lebih khusus lagi, pembolehubah bebas dalam kajian ini iaitu aktiviti Brain Gym mempunyai kesan yang positif kepada perkembangan kognitif kanak-kanak prasekolah dalam aspek-aspek berikut: klasifikasi (t= 4,879), seriasi (t= 4,251 ), konsep nombor (t=7,447), operasi nombor (t=7,370), konsep masa (t= 10.661), konsep ruang (t= 4,462) dan kemahiran menyelesaikan masalah ( t= 2.692) dengan df = 58, p < 0.05.

This quasi-experimental research aimed to assess the effectiveness of Brain Gym activities on the cognitive development of children at the preschool level in the following aspects: classification, seriation, concept of numbers, number operations, concept of time, concept of space and problem solving skills. There were a total of 60 preschoolers aged six years old involved in this research. The outcome of the research showed that there was a significant difference in the cognitive development between the experimental group and control group in all aspects with the t-value of 10.389 (df = 58), p< 0.05. More specifically, the independent variable in this research i.e. Brain Gym activities have a significant positive effect on the cognitive development of preschoolers in the following aspects: classification (t-value = 4.879), seriation (t-value = 4.251), concept of numbers (t-value = 7.447), number operations (t-value = 7.370), concept of time (t-value = 10.661), concept of space (t-value = 4.462) and problem solving skills (t-value = 2.692), with df = 58, p< 0.05.