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Social competence of young children
Author
Tay, Mei Nah
Supervisor
Seng, Alice Seok-Hoon
Abstract
The ability of young children to make meaningful social relationships is an important prerequisite for cognitive development. Socially competent children are also more academically successful and poor social skills are a strong predictor of academic failure. This study examines a social skills training enrichment programme from a multidimensional proactive approach, investigating the effects on Cooperation, Assertion, Self-Control, Total social skills and popularity on the socio-metric status from a random sample of 45 kindergarten children. A repeated measures method is used, where participants are categorized into experimental and control groups, assessing through teachers' and peers' evaluations and qualitative observations during free play. It is hypothesized that children who attend the social skills training enrichment will increase in appropriate social skills, popularity in class and observable behavior. Results indicated that participants of the experimental group generally had an increase in the variables measured and the intervention had an effect on Assertion. The implications of this study and directions for future research are discussed.
Date Issued
2008
Call Number
LC192.4 Tay
Date Submitted
2008