Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sport Sciences, Health and Tourism (ICSSHT 2019)

Improving Children’s Motor Skills with Experiential Learning-Based Games

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Anton Komaini, Yanuar Kiram, Nadia Daniati
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Anton Komaini
Available Online 1 February 2021.
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10.2991/ahsr.k.210130.036How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Motoric, experiential learning
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to see the effect of experiential learning-based play activities to improve children’s motor skills. The choice of play activities based on experiential learning is because through this activity children experience direct experience and benefit from these activities. This type of research is a quasi experiment. This research was conducted by giving treatment in the form of a play program which was arranged by using the experiential leraning method. The treatment was carried out for 2 weeks. The number of games based on experiential learning that is given is 6 types of games. This research is a Quasi Experimental research type. The samples were 20 students of TK Mekar Sari Padang. Motor skills data were collected using motor skills tests. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using the t-test formula. The findings of the study concluded that there was an effect of experiential learning-based playing activities on the improvement of children’s motor skills as evidenced by the results of calculating data for thit (6.15)> ttab (1.729). This shows that experiential learning-based play activities have a positive impact on improving motor skills.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sport Sciences, Health and Tourism (ICSSHT 2019)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
1 February 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-324-0
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.210130.036How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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