THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT BASED ON A HIGH-SCOPE CONCEPT TO DEVELOP CREATIVE THINKING AND ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were: 1) to compare the creative thinking of early childhood students before and after organizing a learning experience based on the High-Scope concept; 2) to compare the assertive behavior of early childhood students before and after organizing a learning experience based on the High-Scope concept; and 3) to study the satisfaction of early childhood students towards organizing a learning experience based on the High-Scope concept. The research sample consisted of kindergarten 2 students enrolled in the first semester of the 2023academic year who were between the ages of four and five. A private school in the province of Chonburi had one classroom with 22 students. The research instruments included 1) 12 lesson plans based on the Hi-scope concept, 2) the creative thinking from drawing test (TCT-DP), 3) the assertive behavior assessment form with 15 items, and 4) an eight-item questionnaire on the satisfaction of early childhood students with the Hi-scope-based learning experience arrangement. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent. The findings revealed that 1) The post-test scores of kindergarten 2 students' creative thinking were statistically significantly higher than their pre-test scores after a learning experience based on the High-Scope concept at .01, 2) The post-test scores of kindergarten 2 students' assertive behavior were statistically significantly higher than their pre-test scores after a learning experience based on the High-Scope concept at .01, and 3) the level of satisfaction of kindergarten 2 students towards a learning experience based on the High-Scope concept was high (X̅= 2.93, S.D.= 0.16).