Peer-reviewed article
The Effect of Playing Playdough Media on Fine Motor and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
Yuniyartika Yuniyartika, Sudaryanti Sudaryanti ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This study looked at whether playing with playdough helps the fine motor and thinking (cognitive) development of children aged 5-6 at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten. It used a quasi-experimental design with a nonequivalent control group and 60 children. The authors report a significant effect of playdough on both fine motor and cognitive development. They conclude that playdough games have a very significant influence on early childhood development.
Key points
- Quasi-experimental study with a nonequivalent control group design and a sample of 60 children aged 5-6 years.
- Fine motor development: reported average of 46.77 with Sig value 0.000 < 0.05.
- Cognitive development: reported average of 52.93 with Sig value 0.000 < 0.05.
- Authors conclude playdough media has a significant influence on fine motor and cognitive development.
Limitations
The abstract does not give the details of the playdough sessions, the size of the effect, or the group differences, and it mixes up independent and paired t-tests. It covers one kindergarten, so it may not apply elsewhere. Country is inferred from the school name (Sekayu), not stated.
Abstract
Efforts to improve children's fine motor skills are an indispensable effort in growing and developing early childhood, one of which is using the media of playdough games. This study aims to find out (1) whether there is an effect of playdough media on the fine motor development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten, (2) whether there is an effect of playdough media on the cognitive development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten. This study is a quasi-experimental research with a nonequivalent control group design, the population of this study is all children aged 5-6 years at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten, with a sample of 60 children. The instrument used was in the form of observation techniques for the fine motor and cognitive development of children. The data analysis technique used independent sample t-test analysis with a significance level of 0.05. The results of the study showed that: (1) there was a significant influence of playdough media on the fine motor development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten where the paired sample t-test results were obtained on average of 46.77 with a Sig value of 0.000 < 0.05. (2) there was a significant influence of playdough media on the cognitive development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten where the paired sample t-test results were obtained on average of 52.93 with a Sig value of 0.000 < 0.05. So based on the study, it can be concluded that there is a very significant influence on playdough media games on fine motor and cognitive development in early childhood
Findings the Hub has extracted
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- Intervention
- Playing with playdough as a learning medium in kindergarten
- Population
- 60 children aged 5-6 years (group B) at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten
Key finding
Significant effect on fine motor development (average 46.77, Sig 0.000 < 0.05).
Yuniyartika et al. · Crossref · 10 Jul 2024