Comparison of Language Competency, Mathematical Competency and Emotional Intelligence of Kindergartner Level Two Between Learning Management Using Brian Based Learning and HighScope Approach

Abstract

The purposes of this study were : 1) to develop plans for learning management based on Brain Based Learning and HighScope approach, for the kindergartners level 2, with the required efficiencies criterion of 75/75, 2) to study for the effectiveness indices of those plans for learning management based on Brain Based Learning and HighScope approach, and 3) to compare language competency, mathematical competency, and emotional intelligence of Kindergartners level 2 between who learned based on Brain Based Learning and HighScope approach. The samples used in this study consisted of 46 kindergartners from 2 classes, composed of 23 learners in each class, attending from Parntip Kindergarten school, Ban Fhang District, KhonKaen Province, in the second semester of the academic year of 2015, obtained using the Cluster Random Sampling technique, and random assigned to provide class 2/2 for learning with Brain Based Learning and class 2/1 for learning with HighScope approach.
The instruments used in this research were : 1) instructional plans learning based on Brain Based Learning and HighScope approach, with 20 plans and provided for 60 minutes per each plan ; 2) a 25 - items test with multiple choices and 1- item test for essay writing of language competency, which item-test had discriminating power ranging 0.25–0.62, and a reliability of 0.95; 3) a 35-items test for multiple choice and 5–items test for short answer writing of mathematical competency, which the multiple choice test had discriminating power ranging 0.25 - 0.62 and a reliability of 0.91 ; and 4) a 10- items scale on emotional intelligence of the students, with discriminating power (rxy) ranging 0.32-0.66, and a reliability of 0.78. The statistics
used for analysis data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and F-test (One-way MANOVA) was employed for testing hypothesis.

The results of the study were as follows :
1. The efficiencies of instructional plans based on Brain Based Learning and HighScope approach, for kindergartners level 2, were 83.46/79.53 and 85.57/77.09 respectively, those were higher than the establishment criterion.
2. The effectiveness indices of those learning management using Brain Based Learning and HighScope approach were 0.3700 and 0.4015, which indicated that the students had learning progresses at 37.00 and 40.15 percents respectively.
3. The students who learned using Brain Based Learning showed higher of mathematical competency than group of learning based on HighScope approach at the .05 level of significance, but both of two groups did not show difference of language competency.
4. Both of students who learned based on Brain Based Learning and HighScope approach had tendency of increase their emotional intelligence in each of learning period.
MANOVA) was employed for testing hypothesis.