نموذج لتصميم بيانات التعليم بالألعاب الرقمية قائم على نظرية النشاط و فاعليته في إكساب الحس العددي لطفل ما قبل المدرسة

Abstract EN

The research aimed at verifying the effectiveness of a model for learning environments design in digital games based on activity theory in the numerical sense of the preschool child.

The research followed a mixed approach between qualitative and quantitative research by using the analytical and descriptive method in constructing the proposed model, and the experimen- tal approach to applying the experiment.

The sample consisted of 22 children enrolled in one of the private kindergartens in Medina.

The research used a set of tools (prepared by the two researchers): a suggested model for designing digital learning environments, a preliminary data form for the child, a numerical sense test for the preschool child.

In addition, a number of digital games have been selected to develop numerical sensibility and characteristics of pre-school child and belong to the third-gener- ation games available on the Internet (non-free).

To investigate the effectiveness of the proposed model, the researchers formulated the following zero hypothesis: "There were no statistically significant differences at (0.052 u) between the mean of the pre- performance and after-performance of the children sample on the numerical sense test.

" The study reached the following results: the use of the pro- posed model has produced a significant gain in the development of numerical sense of the sample children in the following skills, which are in order: (identification of numbers - addition and sub- traction - numerical relations - counting).

This result emphasizes the effectiveness of using a model for learning environments de- sign in digital games based on activity theory in the numerical sense of the preschool child.

The research made a number of rec- ommendations and suggestions to benefit from the generaliza- tion of the application of this proposed model when employing digital games for pre-school child.