This study was designed to invesgate the effects of the literature-based program on the children's comprehension ability about picture book.
The subjects consisted of 38 young children from two kindergarten in lk-San City. The children were divided ...
This study was designed to invesgate the effects of the literature-based program on the children's comprehension ability about picture book.
The subjects consisted of 38 young children from two kindergarten in lk-San City. The children were divided into eperimental and control groups randomlyh. All children selected through Chu, Young Hee's 『The test for language and tinking ability』for pre-test. The intervention was children's literature incorporated into the curriculum of the experimental group. The control group used a traditional curriculum. Thetoos were five fairy tales of Heon, Eun Ja & Kim, Young Sil selected for this study, literature-based program, and the test of children's comprehension ability was obtaqined from the administration as a pre-and posttest. The experiment was conducted by researcher and 3 research supporters and the process of research were first, presenting of story in regard to experimental conditins, then, testing story comprehension of the groupwith test sheets. All process was recorded for controlling experimental conditions. Socoring was conducted by two markers.
Children's comprehension achievement data were analyzed using a t-test to determine differencess in mean socores experimental and control group.
The findings of this study were as follow :
1. There was significant improvement in the children's comprehension of whole story content according to the literature-based program. Children's comprehension score in literature-based program setting was higher than in control group.
2. There was significant improvement in the children's comprehension of story grammar questions according to the literature-based program. Children's comprehension score in literature-based program setting was higher than in control group.
3. There was significant improvement in the children's comprehension of traditional questions(literal, inferential, critical) according to the literature-based program. Children's comprehension score in literature-based program setting was higher than in control group.