The Study Results of Thinking Design Experience Based on Creative Thinking and Problems Solve Ability of Preschool Children

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to : 1) compare creative thinking with problem - solving ability of preschool children before and after they gained experiences of design thinking; and 2) compare creative thinking and problem - solving ability of preschool children after they gained experiences of design thinking with experiencing on handbook of preschool education curriculum B.E. 2546. The samples consisted of 4 and 5 year old children during academic year 2017 from Wat Shetaram School 18 childrens and Bannongjikrakha School 18 childrens. The samples were selected by Multi-stage sampling from the schools under the jurisdiction of Suphanburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 in Don Chedi District. The samples consisted of Wat Shetaram School that was the experimental group experiencing of design thinking while Bannongjikrakha School was the control group experiencing on handbook of preschool education curriculum B.E. 2546. The experimental period was 10 weeks, 4 days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in Experience – Enhancement activities and Creative activities. The research instruments were experiences of design thinking plan, plan of experiences on handbook of preschool education curriculum B.E. 2546, creative thinking tests by Dr Aree Rangsinan and problem-solving ability of preschool children tests with reliability of 0.92 by quasi-experimental design that two groups took pretest and posttest. The research instrument was t - test Independent.

            The research results were found as follows: 1) creative thinking and problem - solving ability of preschool children after they gained experiences of design thinking were significantly higher than before at the .05 level; and 2) creative thinking and problem - solving ability of preschool children after they gained experiences of design thinking were significantly higher than after experiencing on handbook of preschool education curriculum B.E. 2546 at the .05 level.