Valoración de la madurez neuropsicológica en niños y niñas de 4 y 5 años de la Unidad Educativa Guillermo Mensi a través del test CUMANIN. Cuenca 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Neurodevelopment occurs through a dynamic process of interaction between the child and the environment that surrounds it; in this way the nervous system maturation is obtained as well as the development of brain functions. It is of vital importance to evaluate the neuropsychological maturity of the child to guarantee the assertive acquisition of future learning; since if the child presents difficulties in the neuropsychological skills he could present future problems in writing, reading and mathematics; for this reason it must be detected in time and strengthen these skills that respond to the urgent resolution of their next learning. OVERALL OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the neuropsychological maturity in boys and girls of 4 and 5 years of the Guillermo Mensi Educational Unit. METHODOLOGY: The present study is of quantitative, descriptive and transversal type, for the analysis of the data the software used was SPSS 19 and the Microsoft Excel 2013 program for frequency and percentage statistics.

RESULTS: The sample was formed by 88 children, as results we have that 97.73% of the children evaluated obtained a score of "Satisfactory", while 2.27% presented "Deficit", this Deficit corresponding to the female gender in both ages from 64 to 67 months, as in the age of 68 to 71 months.