Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Islamic Azad University,Central Tehran.Velayat Complex
2 Islamic Azad University.Central Tehran.Velayat Complex
Abstract
Abstract
The aim of this study was to design a checklist of pre-number concepts in children aged 5 to 6 years and to examine its psychometric properties. To build this tool, library resources or documentary analysis were used. And the checklist contains 66 questions that have 5 components (classification, alignment, mental retention, geometry, detection of similarities and differences), which introduce pre-number concepts at different levels such as (five senses, memory and observation, Classification, thinking sequence, reasoning and problem solving, color concept, shape, mathematical concepts are prerequisites, environmental concepts related to natural, physical, social environment. This questionnaire was administered online in kindergartens and preschools and the statistical population The parents of the children were 5 to 6 years old and the samples included 100 parents.This checklist had 4 objectives: first, how the concepts before the number in children, second, determining the content and face validity, third, determining the reliability of the checklist, and finally determining the validity of the data. It was performed in SPSS22 software and descriptive index including mean, variance, graph, skew and also inferential statistics were evaluated by exploratory factor analysis and the result was that the checklist was reduced from 66 questions to 42 questions. Cronbach's alpha was about 0.6 and also for the internal consistency of the construct validity questionnaire. Confirmed. The questionnaire was also reviewed by 10 experts and the content and face validity of the questionnaire, which was based on the CVR, was about 2.2. And in research on children, about 0.86 of children have pre-number concepts in them.
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