The Impact of a Digital Educational Story Based on Sports on Developing Alphabetical Learning Skills among Jordanian Pre-School Kids in Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Hussien H Almistareehi,Nashwan A Nashwan

doi:10.5539/mas.v15n2p96

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the impact of a digital educational story based on sports on developing alphabetical learning skills among Jordanian pre-school kids in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study sample consisted of (29) pre-school kids from the leaders&#39; international schools, &quot;The International Curriculum,&quot; which is affiliated to Al-Qweismeh District&#39;s Directorate in Amman. The study used an Experimental approach; the study sample chosen by intention randomly was divided into two groups: experimental group (14) kids: (7) girls and (7) boys, and control group (15) kids: (7) are boys, and (8) are girls. To achieve the study&#39;s goal, the researchers built a guide for the teacher to implement the experiment; they also built a pre-and post-test consisting of (16) items and provided the Arabic language teacher with digital educational stories based on sport learning the alphabet. The stories include the alphabet lessons: (letter al-ba, letter al-da, letter al-ha, letter al-ain), from the &quot;curriculum in the Arabic language&rdquo; for the academic year 2020/2021. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in favor of students of the experimental group, which studied the digital educational story in each Alphabet learning skills: Pronunciation, Abstraction, and writing, in the combined skills, and the absence of statistically significant differences attributed to gender, interaction in testing the skills of learning the alphabet together, and in each of the skills of learning the alphabets: (pronunciation, abstraction, writing). In light of the findings mentioned above, the researchers proposed a set of recommendations that include Arabic language curricula guides in digital educational programs based on sports to be used in learning and teaching processes in teaching Arabic.

Highlights

Learning the alphabet in the early childhood stage is characterized by the ability to produce language; Words are reproduced from letters, and sentences are formed from words; the child acquires the skill of learning the alphabet by pronouncing it with the accompanying movements and writing it with the correct spelling
Among the skills indicating learning the alphabet for pre-school kids: the skills to understand the heard letter, the ability to distinguish it from other letters by hearing, employ the operations resulting from listening to the letter in writing and reading, skills related to the pronunciation of the letter, taking it out correctly, its shape with movements, and its combination with Another letter, and its analysis from a group of letters, including skills related to writing the alphabet, transcription, dictation, structure, and research (Al-Juhani, 2015); (Yaghmour & Obaidat, 2016)
As a result of the education sector keeping pace with technological developments, modern technology has been employed in the learning process. One of these means is the interactive board through which digital educational stories based on a sport are presented, designed to learn the alphabet in a manner that suits the spirit of the times, achieves learning outcomes with the least time and effort, and works to stabilize learning among pre-school kids

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Introduction

Learning the alphabet in the early childhood stage is characterized by the ability to produce language; Words are reproduced from letters, and sentences are formed from words; the child acquires the skill of learning the alphabet by pronouncing it with the accompanying movements and writing it with the correct spelling. This leads to vocabulary learning and increased linguistic wealth; it leads to language production: conversation, writing, and its application in everyday life. This study concluded the impact of digital educational games based on a sport in developing skills learning the alphabet in pre-school kids in light of the Covid-19 pandemic

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