Tuition and the development of flexibility in five- and six- years old preschoolers.

This study examined the effects of preschool tuition on 49 5- and 6-year-old preschoolers’ Cognitive flexibility. On the Alternate Uses Test (AUT), preschoolers were verbally asked to give as many uses as they can for five common objects. No significant age and tuition main effect as well as intera...

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Main Author:	Yap, Suhui.
Other Authors:	Qu Li
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16487
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-164872019-12-10T12:46:56Z Tuition and the development of flexibility in five- and six- years old preschoolers. Yap, Suhui. Qu Li School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology This study examined the effects of preschool tuition on 49 5- and 6-year-old preschoolers’ Cognitive flexibility. On the Alternate Uses Test (AUT), preschoolers were verbally asked to give as many uses as they can for five common objects. No significant age and tuition main effect as well as interaction effect was found. On the Flexible Item Selection Task (FIST-4-item), preschoolers were shown a set of four pictures and required to select two cards that matched each other on one dimension (selection 1) and then select a different pair of cards that matched each other on another dimension (selection 2). There was significant main effect for age and for tuition as well as a significant age and tuition interaction. Bachelor of Arts 2009-05-26T08:00:57Z 2009-05-26T08:00:57Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16487 en Nanyang Technological University 63 p. application/pdf
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description	This study examined the effects of preschool tuition on 49 5- and 6-year-old preschoolers’ Cognitive flexibility. On the Alternate Uses Test (AUT), preschoolers were verbally asked to give as many uses as they can for five common objects. No significant age and tuition main effect as well as interaction effect was found. On the Flexible Item Selection Task (FIST-4-item), preschoolers were shown a set of four pictures and required to select two cards that matched each other on one dimension (selection 1) and then select a different pair of cards that matched each other on another dimension (selection 2). There was significant main effect for age and for tuition as well as a significant age and tuition interaction.
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title	Tuition and the development of flexibility in five- and six- years old preschoolers.
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Tuition and the development of flexibility in five- and six- years old preschoolers.

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