Some Variables Predicting the School Readiness of Preschool Children
Abstract
The main purpose of this study is determining the
predictive power of the levels of the school readiness in the preschool
children by some variables such as social skills, social interaction practices
and education status of the parents. The population of the study in the
general screening model is composed of 60 to 66-month old children
attending to independent preschools registered by the Ministry of National
Education in Konya, Turkey. The sample of this study is selected through
stratified sampling method among schools, which represent families and
their children of three different socio-economic (low, mid and high), in
three central districts of Konya. These levels are determined by the
Directorate of National Education. Sample group is composed of 42
preschool teachers and 210 children in total, which is sufficient in terms of
the number of the participants. Social Skills Test for Preschool-aged
Children, Social Interaction Practices for the Preschool Years (SIPPY)
Questionnaire and Metropolitan School Readiness Test were employed in
the study. Multiple regression analysis and stepwise regression analysis
were used for the analyses of the study. By employing linear multiple
regression analysis, it was determined that to what extent the variables
social skills, social interaction practices, and education status of the parents
predict the school readiness level. At the end of the stepwise regression
analysis that was utilized to find out whether aforementioned variables
have a significant contribution to predict school readiness level, it was
found that 10 % of the school readiness level of 60 to 66-month old children
attending pre-school education was explained by environmental strategies
about social interaction practices applied by preschool teachers, 4% of it
was explained by communication skill that is one of the social skills of the
children, and 3 % of it was explained by the education status of the father.
Keywords: School readiness, Preschool education, Social interaction
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