The Executive Functions Enhancing by using the AFTER Model Lesson Plan for The Early Childhood Pupils in Buriram Province’s Private School

Abstract

          This quasi-experimental research was aimed to: 1) develop the AFTER Model to enhance Executive Functions (EF) for early childhood pupils, which efficiency by the E1/E2 formula was set at 85/85 criterion and also to find its effectiveness index (EI), 2) to compare pupils’ Executive Functions (EF) gained  before  and  after using the AFTER Model. A one-group pretest-posttest Design was conducted on 26 pupils of kindergarten 3, the lesson plan of AFTER Model with IOC = 0.80-1.00 and high level quality was used to learning 2 hours a day, 2 days a week for 15 weeks. The Executive Functions Scales (EFS) with IOC = 0.90-1.00, Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient = .77 were utilized as instruments for data collecting. Percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test were used as data analysis. The findings were as follows:

1. The AFTER Model to enhance Executive Functions(EF) for early childhood is consists of 5 main components: 1) Attention 2) Forethought 3) Tactic Planning 4) Execution and 5) Reflection.
2. The AFTER Model had efficiency and effectiveness index (EI.) as follows

2.1) It has an efficiency factor of E1 / E2 = 89.52 / 95.19.

2.2) Effectiveness Index (EI.) value = 0.7680

2.3 The enhancing of Executive Functions (EF) which consists of 3 main components :  1) Basic Skills 2) Self-regulation skills, and 3) Executive Skills, found that mean scores post-test were increasing, and higher than the mean scores pre-test at .01 level of significance.