Investigation of Mathematical Skills of 60-72 Months Old Children Attending Preschool Education in Terms of Some Variables

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine mathematical skills of 60-72 months oldchildren attending preschool education and whether these skills make a significantdifference in terms of gender, mother education, father education, number ofsiblings, duration of preschool education and socio-economic status of family. Theresearch was designed with descriptive scanning model. The sample of the studyconsisted of 372 children, 60-72 months of age, who were randomly selected fromeach of official independent kindergartens of Ministry of National Education inBattalgazi and Yeşilyurt districts of Malatya in 2018-2019 academic year. EarlyChildhood Mathematics Education Content Standards Scale was used as datacollection tool. The data obtained from data collection tool were analyzed by usingMann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis-H tests. As a result of research; It was foundthat mathematical skill levels of 60-72 months old children attending pre-schooleducation institutions were above average. However, mathematical skill levels ofchildren did not show a significant difference according to gender variable; it wasfound that the educational level of mother, father education status, number ofsiblings, pre-school education period and socio-economic level of the family weresignificantly different according to the variables.