THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIENCE-BASED ACTIVITIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL SKILLS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
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This research aimed 1) to compare emotional intelligence and social skills before and after the experiment within the experimental group and within the control group, and 2)to compare emotional intelligence and social skills after the experiment between the experimental group and the control group. The sample consisted of 57 kindergarten 3-level students in the first semester of the 2022 academic year. The experimental group consisted of 28 children from Ban Fang Daeng School (Phra Thep Waramuni Uppatham), and the control group comprised 29 children from Ban Khap Phuang School, selected using cluster random sampling. Research instruments included lesson plans, an emotional intelligence assessment form, and a social skills assessment form. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and hypothesis testing with dependent and independent samples t-tests. The results showed that the children in the experimental group had significantly higher emotional intelligence and social skills after the intervention than before, and substantially higher than the control group, at the .05 level of significance.
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