Investigating the effect of drama studies on gain the concept of number for 5-6 year old children

Abstract

In the study using the experimental method, the effect of drama studies in the acquisition of number concept skills such as rhythmic counting, addition, subtraction, matching, and missing number symbol for 5-6 year old children was examinedInformation was provided on the content and scope of the study by parents' meetings with a total of 60 children in two pre-primary education institutions determined by random methods.  "Personal Information Form" was applied to the families who accepted to participate in the study and "Number and Process Concept Tests for Children 5-6 years old" were applied to the children. At the end of the pre-test, children who score below the average according to the age group were selected, fifteen of them experimental and fifteen of them controls, were created randomly. Experiment was studied in two nursery, sixty children completed the thirty control group. As a result of the research, it was determined that creative drama education applied at 5-6 years is effective in giving mathematical skills and number concepts to children.

Number Concept, Drama, Pre-school children, Number skills, Drama education