The effect of using learning management with gamification to enhance problem-solving skills of the major in early childhood education students

Abstract

       The purposes of this research were to: 1) compare the problem-solving skills of the major in early childhood education students between before and after being using learning management by Gamification, 2) compare the problem-solving skills of the major in Early childhood education students between after being taught using learning management by Gamification of 75 percentage out of a full score total, and 3) investigate the satisfaction of the major in early childhood education students on learning to using learning management by Gamification. The sample group, consisted of 15 first-year major in early childhood education students of Faculty of Education, Nakhonratchasima College in the second semester of academic year 2023, who enrolled in the 0401106: Integrating Learning Management for Early Childhood subject, by simple random sampling. The research instruments consisted of: 1) 4 instructional plans of the problem-solving skills using learning management by Gamification, 3 hours for each plans, 12 hours in total. 2) The problem-solving skills test, 30 multiple- choice items, used for pre-test and post-test. And 3) The 20 satisfaction questionnaires, toward using learning management by Gamification. The statistics used for analyzing the data: mean, standard deviation, percentage, and t-test.
       The results were as follows:
       1. Compare the problem-solving skills of the major in early childhood education students after using learning management by Gamification was higher than before at .05 level of significance.
       2. Compare the problem solving-skills of the major in early childhood education students between after being taught using learning management by Gamification were higher than the criteria (75%) at .05 level of significance.
       3. The satisfaction of the major in early childhood education students toward learning management by Gamification in overall aspect was at the highest level.