The Study of the Effect of Socio-Economic Level and Parents’ Educational Status on Creative Thinking Skills of Six-Year-Old Children

Volume: 4 Number: 1 June 1, 2011
  • Münevver Can Yaşar
  • Neriman Aral
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The Study of the Effect of Socio-Economic Level and Parents’ Educational Status on Creative Thinking Skills of Six-Year-Old Children

Abstract

This study was planned to determine the effect of socio-economic level and parents’ educational status on creative thinking skills of six-year-old children. The population of the study was comprised of six-year-old children who receive education at primary school kindergarten stage from different socio-economic backgrounds in Ankara. The sampling consisted of 300 children showing regular development conditions from 8 primary school kindergarten stage. The participants who were assumed to represent lower, middle and higher socio-economic levels were chosen using random sampling method. In this study, a Survey was used to gather information about the children and their families, and in order to determine creative thinking levels of children The Test for Creative Thinking–Drawing Production (TCT-DP) which was developed by Urban & Jellen (1996) and whose validity and reliability for sixyear-old Turkish children was conducted by Can-Yaşar (2009) was used. The relationship between creative thinking skills of children and socio-economic level and parents’ educational levels were analyzed using Kruskall-Wallis H test. In conclusion, socio-economic level and parents’ educational levels were found to create a meaningful difference on creative thinking skills of the children (p < 0,001).

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Münevver Can Yaşar This is me

Neriman Aral This is me

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June 1, 2011

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June 1, 2011

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Year 2011 Volume: 4 Number: 1

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Can Yaşar, M., & Aral, N. (2011). The Study of the Effect of Socio-Economic Level and Parents’ Educational Status on Creative Thinking Skills of Six-Year-Old Children. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 4(1), 137-145. https://izlik.org/JA84PA66JD