Limited trial on origami construction as mathematics learning strategy for early childhood on kindergarten teachers

Abstract

The aim of this study is to do a limited trial on the hypothetical learning strategy for early childhood mathematics concepts using origami construction. Using the training devices designed for the limited trial, 17 early childhood education teachers in Bandung and its surrounding areas were trained on the learning strategy. The trial pre-test and post-test scores and it shows an improvement in the knowledge of participating teachers of early childhood mathematics learning using origami. The significance of the improvement had been proven using t-paired test. The improvement might be caused by the fact that most of the participants only have high school diploma as education background with lack of training on early childhood mathematics learning, and also with the fact that origami is mainly used for fine motor skills improvement in early childhood education. Thus, the origami construction can be used as an alternative strategy to learn mathematics concept in early childhood.