Evaluación del desarrollo en niños y niñas del inicial I y II de la unidad educativa Carlos Rigoberto Vintimilla a través de la Escala Observacional de Desarrollo. Cuenca 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND The first years of life are fundamental for an adequate integral development in the child; since it is exposed to a great amount of stimuli that will influence it´s current development and it´s future learning; however, this progress may be affected due to the substantial and sudden change that the Covid – 19 pandemic has caused. By virtue of this, the present study is expected to be carried out to children of initial I and II of the Carlos Rigoberto Vintimilla Educational Unit who currently recieve classes through virtual platforms, in order to assess the state of development. OBJETIVE To Evaluate the development in boys and girls of initial level I and II of the Carlos Rigoberto Vintimilla Educational Unit through the Observational Development Scale. METHODOLOGY In the research the descriptive quantitative method of cross-section was used according to the Obserational Scale of Development. For the variables cuantitatives measures of central tendency were used: mean, median, mode and measures of dispersion; while the qualitative variables they were handled with percentages. For the analysis and tabulation of the data obtained the IBMS SPSS version 22 program was used and the Microsoft Excel 2013 program was used to make the statistical tables and graphs. RESULTS In the present investigation the following results were obtained: the 9,80% of the children present low development, the 46,30% present adequate development and the 43,90% present very satisfactory child development.