ADIBA (JOURNAL OF EDUCATION)
Vol. 4 No. 4 (2025): JULI

PERBEDAAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR SIMBOLIK ANAK USIA 5-6 TAHUN MELALUI LOOSE PARTS DI TK TUNAS HARAPAN

Bella Agustiara (Pendidikan Guru Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Negeri Medan)
Dwi Septi Anjas Wulan (Pendidikan Guru Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jul 2025

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in symbolic thinking ability of 5-6 year old children through loose parts at Tunas Harapan Kindergarten. This study used a Quasi Experimental research type with a One Group Pretest-Posttest Design design. The sample in this study amounted to 20 children, the sampling technique used Saturated Sample (Census). The research instrument used was an observation sheet. Statistical analysis in hypothesis testing used the Wilcoxon Signed-rank test. The results of the study showed a significant increase in the pretest results showing a value in the Not Good (TB) category, which was (40%) with an average of 20 and experienced an increase in the posttest results to the Very Good (SB) category of (60%) with an average value of 36. The results of data analysis using the Wilcoxon Signed-rank test showed an Asymp. value. signature. (2 tailed) is 0.000, which means it is smaller than the significance level α = 0.05. Based on the results of the analysis above, it can be concluded that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in the symbolic thinking ability of children aged 5-6 years through the loose part at Tunas Harapan Kindergarten.

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ADIBA

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Subject

Education Mathematics Other

Description

The scopes in this study include; Education in the family, Education in schools (from early childhood education to high school education), Al-Quran and Hadith Studies on Education, Philosophy of Islamic and General Education, History of Islamic and General Education, Theology of Islamic and General ...