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2020 » Papers » Volume 1 » COMPUTER GAMES AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN 1. COMPUTER GAMES AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN Authors: mamutovic anastasija, Stanisavljevic Petrovic Zorica, Markovic Marija Volume 1 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-20-006 | Pages: 48-56 | Download PDF | Abstract
The aim of the research was to examine the attitudes of educators on the influence of preschool children`s playing computer games on their cognitive development. Participants were 188 educators from preschool institutions in the territory of Serbia. Educators' attitudes were analyzed in relation to their level of education, place of work, year of age and years of service in order to identify tendencies that occur with changes in the structure of the research sample. The data obtained from the research were processed in the SPSS program, by using parametric statistics and the F test in the statistical analysis in order to determine the statistically significant differences in the attitudes of educators with respect to independent variables. A qualitative approach was used in the analysis of the survey results obtained through the use of questionnaire-scale, while the data were presented in tabular and graphical manner. The research was carried out in two phases. The first phase of the research involved visiting the kindergartens to gain approval for the participation of the preschool institution in the research and to deliver the instrument to RIUPU (Computer games at preschool age), which the educators subsequently completed. This phase was followed by the collection of instruments as well as the interpretation of the obtained data. The results of the research indicate that educators consider computer games as a useful pedagogical tool that encourages the learning of preschool children and reflects positively on logical reasoning, as well as on enhancement of intellectual development and cognitive abilities. When it comes to statistically significant differences in the respondents' attitudes compared to the independent variables, the results of the research show that educators with longer work experience more positively evaluate the impact of computer games on cognitive development, compared to educators with shorter work experience. When the variable place of work was analyzed, the research results show that educators in rural areas expressed a greater degree of agreement that the use of computer games in the context of kindergarten can contribute to the acquisition of declarative, procedural and strategic knowledge, compared to educators employed in suburban and urban areas. | Keywords
computer games, cognitive development, children, preschool age. |
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