This study aims to understand whether systematic mathematical activities that are conducted during everyday activities of children, such as snack hours, have any effect on the young children's ability in understanding regularity, counting, and arithme...
This study aims to understand whether systematic mathematical activities that are conducted during everyday activities of children, such as snack hours, have any effect on the young children's ability in understanding regularity, counting, and arithmetics.
The tool for present research is the Test of young children's mathematical ability, devised by Choi Hye jin (2003), conducted with 42 children as experimental group and 41 as comparative group, all between ages 3 to 7. The children in the experimental group were given 5 sessions of mathematical activities, divided into 3 three different levels, during their snack hours, whereas the comparative group were given the same program in a controlled study session. This experiment was analyzed using independent specimen t verification according to before-after increase of points. The result is as follows. The children who experienced mathematical activities during snack hours, in comparison with those who undertook merely controlled activities, yielded higher points in general, in terms of regularity, counting, and arithmetics.