The Development of Physical Fitness of Early Childhood Students by Cooperative Learning Experience Management by TGT Technique along with Thai Traditional Games

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop physical fitness of early childhood children by using cooperative learning experience management by TGT technique along with Thai traditional games to have average score of more than 70% and more than 70% of students passed the criteria. The target group consisted of kindergarten 3 students, Ban Non Muang Khewa Noi School, Khok Yai Sua Tao, Borabue district, Maha Sarakham province under the Office of Maha Sarakham Primary Educational Service Area 1, in semester 1 of academic Year 2020 with the total number of 15 people by using Post–Experimental Research Design. This research was One-Shot Case Design. The tool used in this research was cooperative learning experience management by TGT technique along with Thai traditional game plan, physical fitness test and satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze data comprised mean, standard deviation and percentage.

The research results were found that:

       1) The average score of students who were developed on physical fitness by using cooperative learning experience management by TGT technique along with Thai traditional games was 36.53 or 91.33% of full scores and there were 15 students passed the criteria or 100% of total number of students.

1. Students' satisfaction towards cooperative learning experience management by TGT technique along with Thai traditional games was rated at 4.60 and the standard deviation of 0.30 was rated at the highest level of satisfaction.