The creation of a multimedia game computer instruction to encourage observing and classifying skills in science studies for early childhood pupils on “Fun with Science”

Abstract

This research aimed to create a multimedia computer game instruction to encourage observing and classifying skills in science studies for early childhood pupils on “Fun with Science”. The sampling groups were 35 kindergartners in the third room of the third level from Banklongtan (Krajangjinda) School, in the second semester of academic year 2009. The tools consisted of 1) the multimedia computer game instruction to encourage observing and classifying skills in science studies for early childhood pupils on “Fun with Science”, 2) the quality assessment forms, 3) the scientific skills test forms of early childhood level, 4) authentic assessment forms and 5) satisfaction assessment forms. The research result showed that the multimedia game computer instruction had the content's quality of a multimedia computer game was very good with the mean score at 4.53 the quality of a multimedia computer game technology was good with the mean score at 4.20. This meant that the educational achievement of students were higher after the study, the statistical level was at 0.05, the multimedia computer game instruction tasks of the students were good with the mean score of 1.66, and the samplers' satisfaction in term of the instruction were is at 4.42, which was at a very satisfactory figure.