Development of Children's Cognitive Aspects in Recognizing Surrounding Objects by Function with a combination of Direct Instruction, Make a Match, and Talking Stick learning models

Abstract

This Classroom Action Research was conducted in two cycles with three meetings to practice learning models that are fun for children. The subjects of this study were 16 children in Group B Kindergarten Putera Bangsa Banjarmasin. Fun learning models that are applied in this study were Direct Instruction, Make A Match, and Talking Stick to developing children's cognitive aspects in recognizing surrounding objects by their function. Analysis of the descriptive qualitative data, the teach-er's activity reached ≥24 with the "Very active" category, children's a ctivities reach-ing ≥82 in the "Very active" category and learning results showed very well developed. This study showed that a combination of the three fun models had a positive impact on the development of early childhood cognitive aspects.