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Concept Development among Rural Pre-school Children


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1 Karnataka, India
2 Department of Human Development and Family, Indonesia
3 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
     

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The present study was carried out with an objective to study the effect of intervention on concept development among rural pre-school children. The sample for the study constitute

d 62 children in the age of 3-4 years who were attending Anganwadies in three adopted villages of Dharwad taluka. Information on concept was

collected with the help of Boehm Scale. School based intervention programme was conducted for

two months to improve children's knowledge about different concepts. The results indicated significant improvement in the concept development of children where in more number

of children were fell under medium category at pre-test and after intervention more number of children were fell under high category of concept development. An intervention programme enhanced the cognitive abilities and knowledge of different concepts among the rural pre-schoolers.


Keywords

Concept Development, Pre-schoolers, Intervention
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Authors

Lata Pujar
Karnataka, India
Saraswati Hunshal
Department of Human Development and Family, Indonesia
Kamalavva Bailur
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The present study was carried out with an objective to study the effect of intervention on concept development among rural pre-school children. The sample for the study constitute

d 62 children in the age of 3-4 years who were attending Anganwadies in three adopted villages of Dharwad taluka. Information on concept was

collected with the help of Boehm Scale. School based intervention programme was conducted for

two months to improve children's knowledge about different concepts. The results indicated significant improvement in the concept development of children where in more number

of children were fell under medium category at pre-test and after intervention more number of children were fell under high category of concept development. An intervention programme enhanced the cognitive abilities and knowledge of different concepts among the rural pre-schoolers.


Keywords


Concept Development, Pre-schoolers, Intervention

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