Post Pandemic COVID-19: Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions Toward the Number Concept Skills of 5 Year Old Children
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https://doi.org/10.37134/jpak.vol13.1.4.2024Keywords:
COVID-19, number concept, mathematics, knowledge level, teaching methodAbstract
This study aims to examine the perception of kindergarten teachers towards the two objectives of the study, which are to see the level of kindergarten teachers' knowledge of the importance of number concepts and to identify suitable teaching methods to be applied after the COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative approach with a survey research design was used in this study. The selection of the study sample was carried out by sampling in order to involve 108 samples of kindergarten teachers who are in the field of early childhood education in the government or private sector. The research instrument used is a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 29.0 software. The findings of the study show that there is a direct relationship between the level of teachers' knowledge of the concept of numbers with appropriate teaching methods to be applied after the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the study sample knows the appropriate teaching methods to be applied in learning number concepts. The implications of this study are expected to further increase the level of knowledge of kindergarten teachers regarding the importance of number concepts and this study was carried out to find a more appropriate teaching method to help improve mathematical number concept skills among 5-year-old children in the classroom. So, the COVID-19 pandemic is seen to some extent to have had a big impact on number concept skills among 5-year-old children which is at a worrying level.
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