The Effect of Using the PKXD Virtual Game on the Development of the Concepts of Friendship Unit for Pre-School Children

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associate Professor in Education Technology - Faculty of Educational Graduate Studies- King Abdul Aziz University

2 Master in EducationTechnology - Faculty of Educational Graduate Studies- King Abdul Aziz University

Abstract

The traditional methods used in the kindergarten curricula still do not suit the needs of the child in the current era, and it still relies on its methodology on transmitting information among learners in a non-interactive manner without any mutual activity between them, as it depends on memorization and indoctrination. This has led to the limitations of traditional strategies and the inability to reach the desired goals for this advanced age. The incorporation of electronic games into education may be an effective and favorable solution for children to attract them towards learning if they are used to communicating abstract concepts that are difficult for the child to understand as required. Virtual games are among the effective methods that have been able to change the way is presented content to the child, so this research aims to reveal the effect of using the virtual PKXD game on developing the concepts of the unit of companions for preschool children, and it is one of the units that pre-school children find difficulty in Adaptation because it builds on the strength of the interrelationships between them. 
The study adopted the quasi-experimental approach to find out the effect of PKXD on the concepts of friendship unit for children. A note card as well as a pre/post-test were used to collect and analyze the data. The research sample consisted of 20 pre-school children (in the preliminary stage), the most important findings showed statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children between pre-test and post-test in favor of the post-test, which confirms that the virtual PKXD game had an effective positive effect to develop the concepts of the companion’s unit for pre-school children.

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