METODE EKSPERIMEN DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KEMAMPUAN KOGNITIF ANAK USIA DINI

Abstract

Method is the way taken. Method means a structured and orderly way to achieve goals, especially in terms of science. Which says that methods are methods that can be used by researchers. The experimental method is a way of presenting learning material where students carry out experiments through experience to prove for themselves a question or hypothesis being studied. Experimentation or experimentation can be said to be a process that children must master as a way to understand the concept of something or children's mastery of the basic concept of experimentation, but rather how they can find out how or the process of something happening and why something happens and how they can find a solution. to existing problems and in the end they can create something useful and these activities. Cognitive development through experimental methods was carried out in a classical manner with three groups at the first meeting experimenting with various flavors (4 flavors), in one group getting the same four flavors as the other group and tasting the flavors alternately