This research was studied with the purpose of analyzing the effect of “Seljuk Cognitive Education Programme” on social skills development (basic social skills, basic speaking skills, advanced speaking skills, relational... [ view full abstract ]
This research was studied with the purpose of analyzing the effect of “Seljuk Cognitive Education Programme” on social skills development (basic social skills, basic speaking skills, advanced speaking skills, relational start-up skills, relational maintenance skills, ability to do business with group, emotional skills, self-control skills, ability to cope with aggressive behavior, the ability to accept results, the ability to provide guidance and cognitive skills) of second and third grade primary school children. The Seljuk Cognitive Education Program is a training program consisting of 25 board games for cognitive development. One of the true experimental design, pre-test and post-test control group model was applied. 160 children (80 experimental, 80 control group) were included in the workgroup. As data gathering tools, general information form contains questions for children and parents and Social Skills Evaluation Scale 7-12 in order to test statistically the effectiveness of Seljuk Cognitive Education Programme on social skills development of second and third grade primary school children were used. Seljuk Cognitive Education Programme was applied “regularly and controlled” to the children selected to the experimental group in addition to experience in their environment during 12 weeks, 2 days a week and 1 hour per day that’s totally 24 hours by the investigator. In terms of research findings, it is determined that “Seljuk Cognitive Education Programme” is quite effective on social skills development of children. Besides the basic social skills, basic speaking skills, advanced speaking skills, relational start-up skills, relational maintenance skills, ability to do business with group, emotional skills, self-control skills, ability to cope with aggressive behavior, the ability to accept results, the ability to provide guidance and cognitive skills of children in the experimental group developed at the end of The Seljuk Cognitive Education Program.
Keywords: Social skills development, cognitive games, primary school education
