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Cognitive Study
| Published: September 30, 2019
Developmental Readiness of Private School Children: A study of Gender Differences
MSc Student, Dept. of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana,India
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Professor, Dept. of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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Associate Professor, Dept. of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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DIP: 18.01.079/20190703
DOI: 10.25215/0703.079
ABSTRACT
Developmental Readiness plays a very crucial role in the early childhood period and sets the basis for later development. It assures a smooth and successful transition of children from pre-school to primary school. Developmental readiness work as a tool for making a child ready for school and had long term influence on academic achievement. The present study was conducted with the aim to assess the gender difference in the developmental readiness of private school children. The sample size of the study comprised 200 children (i.e. 100 girls and 100 boys) of class-I selected through Multi-stage sampling technique. The data was collected by using a self-structured Developmental Readiness Checklist. The results of the study revealed that most of the girls and boys had a high level of skills across all domains of developmental readiness. The overall analysis of developmental readiness showed that both girls and boys were almost developmentally ready for formal schooling. The analysis of gender differences elucidates non-significant results in all domains except in cognitive and gross motor skills. Girls displayed significantly better cognitive abilities than boys whereas boys performed significantly better in gross motor skills. Some recommendation is suggested based on the results of the study.
Keywords
Developmental Readiness, Cognitive readiness, Gross and Fine motor readiness, Socio-emotional readiness, Self-help readiness and gender differences

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© 2019, N Joshi, D Vig & S Saini


Received: September 15, 2019; Revision Received: September 29, 2019; Accepted: September 30, 2019
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
DIP: 18.01.079/20190703
DOI: 10.25215/0703.079
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Published in Volume 07, Issue 3, July-September, 2019