Improving Cognitive Ability of Children Aged 3-4 Years Through Activities of Grouping Balls by Color
Peningkatan Kemampuan Kognitif Anak Usia 3-4 Tahun Melalui Kegiatan Mengelompokkan Bola Berdasarkan Warna
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https://doi.org/10.21070/ups.12172Keywords:
Cognitive Ability, color grouping, ball mediaAbstract
This classroom action research examined whether sorting balls by color could strengthen the cognitive skills of 3-4-year-olds at KB PKK Juwet. Following the Kemmis and McTaggart cycles, the study moved through a baseline (pre-cycle) stage and two subsequent action cycles, each built around planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Twelve children aged 3-4 years took part, and data were gathered through observation, interviews, and documentation before being analyzed descriptively with percentage scoring. A child was considered to have mastered the skill only upon reaching the maximum score for all the indicators. None of the children met this criterion at the baseline. Once the color-sorting activity was introduced in Cycle I, the share of children meeting it climbed to 33% (4 of 12). By Cycle II, after the activity was enriched with additional variations and one-on-one scaffolding, the proportion rose further to 83% (10 of 12).
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