Publication: An Examination of Turkish preschool curriculum’s effect on children’s concept acquisition
Date
2012
Authors
Toran, Mehmet
Temel, Zeynep Fulya
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Turkish preschool curriculum on children’s concept acquisition. The research
was carried out assessing children on three occasions, on September 2008, January 2009, and June 2009, respectively. Research
was conducted on 24 children who were 5 years old, and schooled according to Turkish preschool curriculum. Bracken Basic
Concept Scale-revised (BBCS-R), which has six subtests, was used as data collection instrument. For analyzing the data suitable
statistic method was used. The results show that Turkish preschool curriculum has positive effect on children concept acquisition.
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Keywords
Children, Concept acquisition, Curriculum, Turkish Preschool Curriculum