An investigation into children's grasp of reality

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dc.contributor.advisorCraig, Anitaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHill, F Ken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-21T16:13:54Z
dc.date.available2014-11-21T16:13:54Z
dc.date.issued1999en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 97-100.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to explore a heterogeneous group of pre-schoolers' conceptual understanding. Seven Piagetian type tasks, aimed slightly above pre-schoolers' perceived pre-operational level of development, are presented to the research subjects individually, on two separate occasions. The results indicate that unilingual subjects fare best, while subjects learning a second language at the preschool phase fare better than subjects who learn a second language at an earlier age. The results suggest that language alone is not predictive of task performance; higher parent education levels are associated with greater quantity and quality of mediated learning and with better task performances. The study concludes that task performance reflects the interaction between developmental level and learning opportunities, and the influence that factors such as age, language, class, parent education level and gender have on one this.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHill, F. K. (1999). <i>An investigation into children's grasp of reality</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9770en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHill, F K. <i>"An investigation into children's grasp of reality."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9770en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHill, F. 1999. An investigation into children's grasp of reality. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hill, F K AB - This study aims to explore a heterogeneous group of pre-schoolers' conceptual understanding. Seven Piagetian type tasks, aimed slightly above pre-schoolers' perceived pre-operational level of development, are presented to the research subjects individually, on two separate occasions. The results indicate that unilingual subjects fare best, while subjects learning a second language at the preschool phase fare better than subjects who learn a second language at an earlier age. The results suggest that language alone is not predictive of task performance; higher parent education levels are associated with greater quantity and quality of mediated learning and with better task performances. The study concludes that task performance reflects the interaction between developmental level and learning opportunities, and the influence that factors such as age, language, class, parent education level and gender have on one this. DA - 1999 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1999 T1 - An investigation into children's grasp of reality TI - An investigation into children's grasp of reality UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9770 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9770
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHill FK. An investigation into children's grasp of reality. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9770en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleAn investigation into children's grasp of realityen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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