The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of the Gabe Activities on development of number concepts and creativity in young children with developmental disorders.
The issues of the research were to investigate whether the Gabe Activities d...
The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of the Gabe Activities on development of number concepts and creativity in young children with developmental disorders.
The issues of the research were to investigate whether the Gabe Activities developed by Froebel were effective in young children with developmental disorders developing for :
1) number concepts.
2) counting numbers.
3) classifying concepts.
4) creativity.
5) creative fluency.
6) creative originality.
7) creative abstractness.
8) creative exquisiteness.
9) creative openness concepts.
The subjects in this study were 3 children with developmental disorders (2 male and 1 female, 5years old each) enrolled in a kindergarten in Busan.
To obtain empirical data, the following instruments were used.
a) To measure number concepts, the Checklist for Counting Number & Classification Concept originally devised by Kim, Mi-kyung, and revised by this author was used.
b) To measure the developmental level of creativity, the TTCT Korean Version was used.
To analyse the data, the Mean of the Scores, Standard Deviation, and Standard Error of the Mean were used.
The findings were as follows ;
1) The Gabe Activities designed by Froebel were effective for developing number concepts in young children with developmental disorders.
2) The Gabe Activities were effective for counting numbers in young children with developmental disorders.
3) The Gabe Activities were effective for developing classifying concepts in young children with developmental disorders.
4) The Gabe Activities were significantly effective for developing creativity in young children with developmental disorders(p<.05).
5) The Gabe Activities were significantly effective for developing creative fluency in young children with developmental disorders(p<.05).
6) Is the Gabe Activities were significantly effective for developing creative originality in young children with developmental disorders(p<.05).
7) the Gabe Activities were significantly effective for developing creative imagination in young children with developmental disorders(p<.05).
8) the Gabe Activities were significantly effective for developing creative exquisiteness in young children with developmental disorders(p<.05).
9) the Gabe Activities were significantly effective for developing creative openness concept in young children with developmental disorders(p<.05).