Examination of Preschool Children's Executive Function Skills

Nur Hazal Eren; Mehmet Kanak

Article Details

Examination of Preschool Children's Executive Function Skills

Authors:

Nur Hazal Eren | Mehmet Kanak

Publisher:

Dokuz Eylul University

Main Topics:

Okul Öncesi Eğitim

Journal:

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 60, pp.1108-1134

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321095

pISSN:

2602-2850

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Abstract:

 The aim of this research is to examine the executive function skills of preschool children from different perspectives and to examine the relationship between the region of residence, the age of the parents, the educational status, the socioeconomic level of the family, the number of siblings, the sex of the child, the birth order factors and the executive function skills. The sample of the study consisted of schools selected by stratified sampling method from each of the 12 statistical regions and 303 preschool children selected from each school by simple random sampling method. Personal Information Form and Childhood Executive Function Inventory were used to collect data. In the analysis of the data, SPSS 22.0 statistical data program was used by the research questions. When the mean scores of the children from the Childhood Executive Function Inventory were analyzed according to the demographic scale, the Mann Whitney U test and the Kruskal Wallis H tests were used since it was seen that the data were not normally distributed. As a result of the tests conducted in the sub-dimensions of the study, there was a significant relationship between childrens executive function skills and the variables of parental education level, socioeconomic level, gender, fathers age, number of siblings and birth order; It was determined that there was no significant relationship between the variables of living area, settlement, benefiting from pre-school education and maternal age and executive function skills.

 The aim of this research is to examine the executive function skills of preschool children from different perspectives and to examine the relationship between the region of residence, the age of the parents, the educational status, the socioeconomic level of the family, the number of siblings, the sex of the child, the birth order factors and the executive function skills. The sample of the study consisted of schools selected by stratified sampling method from each of the 12 statistical regions and 303 preschool children selected from each school by simple random sampling method. Personal Information Form and Childhood Executive Function Inventory were used to collect data. In the analysis of the data, SPSS 22.0 statistical data program was used by the research questions. When the mean scores of the children from the Childhood Executive Function Inventory were analyzed according to the demographic scale, the Mann Whitney U test and the Kruskal Wallis H tests were used since it was seen that the data were not normally distributed. As a result of the tests conducted in the sub-dimensions of the study, there was a significant relationship between childrens executive function skills and the variables of parental education level, socioeconomic level, gender, fathers age, number of siblings and birth order; It was determined that there was no significant relationship between the variables of living area, settlement, benefiting from pre-school education and maternal age and executive function skills.

 The aim of this research is to examine the executive function skills of preschool children from different perspectives and to examine the relationship between the region of residence, the age of the parents, the educational status, the socioeconomic level of the family, the number of siblings, the sex of the child, the birth order factors and the executive function skills. The sample of the study consisted of schools selected by stratified sampling method from each of the 12 statistical regions and 303 preschool children selected from each school by simple random sampling method. Personal Information Form and Childhood Executive Function Inventory were used to collect data. In the analysis of the data, SPSS 22.0 statistical data program was used by the research questions. When the mean scores of the children from the Childhood Executive Function Inventory were analyzed according to the demographic scale, the Mann Whitney U test and the Kruskal Wallis H tests were used since it was seen that the data were not normally distributed. As a result of the tests conducted in the sub-dimensions of the study, there was a significant relationship between childrens executive function skills and the variables of parental education level, socioeconomic level, gender, fathers age, number of siblings and birth order; It was determined that there was no significant relationship between the variables of living area, settlement, benefiting from pre-school education and maternal age and executive function skills.

 Bu araştırmanın amacı, okul öncesi dönem çocuklarının yürütücü işlev becerilerinin farklı açılardan ele alınması ve yaşanılan bölge, ebeveynlerin yaşı, eğitim durumu, ailenin sosyoekonomik düzeyi, kardeş sayısı, çocuğun cinsiyeti, doğum sırası faktörleri ile yürütücü işlev becerileri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmada, tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini, 12 istatistiki bölgenin her birinden tabakalı örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen okullar ve her okuldan basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 303 okul öncesi dönem çocuğu oluşturmuştur. Verilerin toplanmasında, Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve Çocukluk Dönemi Yürütücü İşlev Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde, araştırma sorularına uygun olarak SPSS 22.0 istatistiksel veri programı kullanılmıştır. Çocukların Çocukluk Dönemi Yürütücü İşlev Envanterinden aldıkları puan ortalamaları demografik ölçeğe göre analiz edildiğinde, verilerin normal dağılmadığı görüldüğü için Mann Whitney U testi ve Kruskal Wallis H testleri kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın alt boyutlarında yapılan testlerin sonucunda çocukların yürütücü işlev becerileri ile ebeveyn eğitim düzeyi, sosyoekonomik düzey, kardeş sayısı, cinsiyet, baba yaşı ve doğum sırası değişkenleri arasında anlamlı bir fark bulunurken; yaşanılan bölge, yerleşim birimi, daha önce okul öncesi eğitimden faydalanma durumu ve anne yaşı değişkenleri ile yürütücü işlev becerileri arasında anlamlı bir fark olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır.

Article Details

Examination of Preschool Children's Executive Function Skills

Authors:

Nur Hazal Eren | Mehmet Kanak

Publisher:

Dokuz Eylul University

Main Topics:

Okul Öncesi Eğitim

Journal:

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 60, pp.1108-1134

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321095

pISSN:

2602-2850

Pre-school period

executive function skills

37-72 months childrenokul öncesi dönem

yürütücü işlev becerileri

çocuk

Issues

Article Details

Examination of Preschool Children's Executive Function Skills

Authors: Nur Hazal Eren | Mehmet Kanak

Publisher: Dokuz Eylul University

Main Topics: Okul Öncesi Eğitim

Journal: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 60, pp.1108-1134

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2024

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001321095

pISSN: 2602-2850

Pre-school period

executive function skills

37-72 months childrenokul öncesi dönem

yürütücü işlev becerileri

çocuk

Issues

Authors:

Nur Hazal Eren | Mehmet Kanak

Publisher:

Dokuz Eylul University

Main Topics:

Okul Öncesi Eğitim

Journal:

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 60, pp.1108-1134

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321095

pISSN:

2602-2850