The current study investigated the effects of Project Method which includes Project Approach and Reggio Emila Approach upon the sociality, expression, and language skills among preschool students.
To test the effects, the present author randomly sele...
The current study investigated the effects of Project Method which includes Project Approach and Reggio Emila Approach upon the sociality, expression, and language skills among preschool students.
To test the effects, the present author randomly selected sixty preschool students, aged of 4 and 5 year old, from a K city. The present study divided those students into three large categories: Project Approach, Reggio Emilia Approach, and control group. Each group included ten 4 year old students and ten 5 year old ones. The current paper employing MANOVA technique calculated mean scores and standard deviation to examine the changes between before and after implementing the Project Method.
The MANOVA analyses presented several meaningful results. First, the Project Method in general is effective for the development of students' skills. Second, Project.
Approach and Reggio Emilia Approach have differential impacts. Project Approach is more effective fur the development of sociality and language skills than Reggio Emilia Approach. However, there is no substantial differences between those two approaches in the area of expression skill. Third, the age of the students is related to students' test scores of various areas. In other words, the two Project Methods have positive relationships with both the development of sociality and expression skill for 4 year old group. On the other hands, the two approaches were more effective on language skill for 5 year old group than for 4 year old one. For the group in a same approach, however, the approach has differential impacts upon different areas of kid's skills between the two age groups. Thus, future studies need to reexamine the relationship between the age of students and the effects of Project Methods.