The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of play-based social skill training on social skill of the elementary school children.
In the study, the following research questions were addressed.
Does play-based social skill training improve th...
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of play-based social skill training on social skill of the elementary school children.
In the study, the following research questions were addressed.
Does play-based social skill training improve the elementary school children's social skills?
To answer these questions, 20 children were selected in 2th-grade students in elementary school located in Kwangju City, Korea. And 20 children were allocated in the experimental group(male 7, female 3) and the control group(male 7, female 3).
The play-based social skill training was consisted of 10 sessions, twice in a sessions per week and 60 minutes for each session.
The play-based social skill training used in this study modeled upon Park Jin-jae's "Social Skill Intervention Program"(2002) and " The play-based social skill training program" developed by Hwang Joo-Young(2007), but with modifications to the purpose of this study.
This study used Moon Sung-won's version of Social Skills Rating System, which was developed by Gresham and Elliot to access student's social skills, especially and only the frequency part made up of 39 questions for student.
For analysis and processing of data, SPSS for Windows 10.1k was used. The effects of the play-based social skill training program were analyzed by ANCOVA. Children's reports about 10 sessions training were analyzed.
The results were as follows:
First, the play-based social skill training improved children's social skill.
Second, the play-based social skill training improved the abilities of coperation, assertiveness, empathy, and self - control.
The play-based social skill training improved children's social skill.