THE DEVELOPMENT OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE APPLYING FLIPPED CLASSROOM CONCEPT IN COVID-19 SITUATION
Abstract
This research was collaboratively conducted with Indonesian students aimed to 1) develop and evaluate the efficiency of Flipped Classroom management, 2) investigate the efficiency of Flipped Classroom management, 3) Study the positive attitude of kindergarten students applying flipped classroom concept and 4) Study the parents’ satisfaction. The target groups consisted of 17 kindergarten students learning by using Flipped Classroom lesson plans in Covid-19 situation. The Flipped Classroom lesson plans for teaching in Covid - 19 situation in the 1st semester of Academic year 2021 were used for teaching from June to October 2021. The research tools were Flipped Classroom lesson plans consisted of 4 plans for 4 weeks and assessment form. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, index of efficiency, effectiveness index and relative gain scores.
The results of the research were as follows. 1) For the evaluation of the use of Flipped Classroom lesson plans for kindergarten 1 students, each of the lesson plans was average scored 3.7 – 4.3. Overall, the lesson plans were average scored at high level (x̄= 4.0, S.D.=0.93), the efficiency index (E1/E2) was 62.25/82.83 which was lower than the criteria. 2) The index of efficiency of Flipped Classroom lesson plans was 0.5454, and the students' improvement increased 54.54 percent. 3) The students’ attitude for learning with flipped classroom lesson plans was highly effective (x̄ =9.94, SD = 0.51) and 4) Parents’ satisfaction after using flipped classroom with kindergarten students was highly satisfying (x=2.32, SD = 0.66)
