Impact of games on motivation, attention and skills in pre-school children

Abstract

Games are an effective learning medium for pre-school children. Nevertheless, the study on the use of games on motivation, attention and skills among pre-school children is still lacking. On the other hand, the effects of game use on motivation, attention and skills are only focused on secondary and tertiary students. Therefore, this study is to examine the effects of the game on motivation, attention and skill from the pre-school teacher's view. This study is a qualitative case study using interview method. Interviews were conducted on three pre-school teachers from different schools around Batu Pahat, Johor. This data was processed through a peer review of trust authentication tasks. The result of this study showed that the use of games can increase the motivation of pre-school children. Additionally, the effects of the game can attract the attention of children and it can help to improve the pre-school children's skills. The implications of this study can be used to measure the development of games for pre-school children and not only to the secondary and tertiary level.