Date of Award
1-1-2000
Thesis Type
Masters
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
Faculty of Education
Department
-
Institution
Universiti Malaya
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the socioemotional behaviors of 45 five-year- old children in a child-initiated learning programme and 30 six-year-old children in a teacher-directed instruction programme based upon the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scale (Merrell, 1994). The findings of the study have shown that children in the Montessori/thematic play program have significantly lower social skills but significantly higher problem behaviors, compares to children in the teacher-directed instruction programme. The findings also indicate that there are no gender differences for the whole sample and by programmes on the social skills and problem behaviors of the children. However, boys from both programmes differed significantly in terms of their social skills and problem behaviors, and similar findings are observed among the girls only. The interpretations and implications of the findings are discussed in the final chapter of this study.
Additional Information
Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, 2000.
Recommended Citation
Ding, Wai Eng, "A comparative study of socioemotional behaviours of children in two preschool programmes" (2000). Student Works (2000-2009). 248.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2000s/248
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