Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to develop mathematics basic skills in patterns of young children through weaving activities based on constructivist approach. The subjects consisted of 20 boys and girls in Kindergarten 2, aged 5-6 years, studying in the second semester of the academic year 2012 at Namon School under the Office of Ubon Ratchathani Primary Education Area 3, obtained by using cluster random sampling. The study took 8 weeks, 4 days a week, 30 minutes a day, a total of 32 times. The research instruments were: 1)32 lesson plans of weaving activities based on Constructivist Approach Toward Mathematics Basic Skill on Patterns of Young Children, 2) a test measuring mathematics basic skill Constructivist Approach Toward Mathematics Basic Skill on Patterns of Young Children which the reliability was 0.89, and 3) a behavior report form. The research design was one group time series. The subjects were tested before the experiment one times and after the weaving activities based on constructivist approach in week 2, 4, 6 and 8, a total of 5 times. The statistics used for analysis were mean, standard deviation and one-way repeated measures ANOVA.The results of research found that young children who had learned through weaving activities based on constructivist approach had developed mathematics basic skills in patterns higher than before the experiment, significantly at .05 level, as a whole and in each aspects: pattern recognition, pattern description, pattern extending and pattern creation.