Development of Executive Function in Elementary School Students in Demonstration School of Kasetsart University Multilingual Education Program Center for Educational Research and Development Using a Multiple Intelligences Approaches
Keywords:
Executive Function, Executive Function, multiple intelligences concept, early elementary school students, Early Elementary School StudentsAbstract
Developing learners aged 0-7 years to have the potential and ability to sustainably adapt in the 21st century world requires developing fundamental Executive Function as the basis for life that can support further academic learning and living. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of activities promoting Executive Function in early elementary school students in Demonstration School of Kasetsart University Multilingual Education Program Center for Educational Research and Development using the multiple intelligences concept developed in a sample randomly selected of 92 people form 120 people who enrolled in activities to develop thinking skills with Executive Function of the academic year 2023. The research instruments were activities promoting Executive Function in early elementary school students using the multiple intelligences concept, and the Executive Function Assessment Battery (KU-THEF). A t-test was used to compare the mean Executive Function scores after the experiment of the experimental group, which were higher than before the experiment.
The research found that the Executive Function scores after the experiment of the experimental group were significantly higher than before the experiment at the .01 level. This indicates that the developed activities promoting Executive Function in early elementary school students using the multiple intelligences concept were effective in developing learners' Executive Function.
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