RESULTS OF SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TO ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS OF STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN 3 AT RUECHAKON KINDERGARTEN

Abstract

This classroom was action research as a quasi - experimental research that aims to create and find the effectiveness of science experiment activities of students in kindergarten 3 Ruechakon Kindergarten and to compare the analytical thinking skills of students in kindergarten 3 at Ruechakon Kindergarten before and after using science experiment activities. The population used in this research was 20 students in kindergarten 3 at Ruechakon Kindergarten who are studying in the second semester of the academic year 2023 using a purposive sampling method. The instruments used in this research were the science experiment activity plan with the highest quality (= 4.8, S.D. = 0.32) and the analytical thinking assessment form which had an index of congruence (IOC) between 0.67 - 1.00 which passed all criteria. The results of the research were as follows 1) The science experiment activities to analytical thinking of students in kindergarten 3 at Ruechakon Kindergarten with an efficiency of 99.00 / 95.50 which passed the criteria of 80/80 as required and 2) Student in Kindergarten 3 at Ruechakon Kindergarten after using the science experiment activities, the analytical thinking skills were statistically significantly higher than before the activities were conducted at the level of .05.