Evaluación de habilidades psicolingüísticas en niños y niñas de 4 a 5 años del Centro de Educación Inicial ABC, Cuenca 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Learning consists in the progression and maximum development of the abilities that a person can reach throughout his life, fundamentally this learning is formed during childhood where the child acquires and internalizes the basic knowledge that will serve him later to develop in an optimal way within the educational area, reason why we saw the need to evaluate the preschoolers of the “ABC” Early Education Centre using the instrument of evaluation Test Illinois of Psycholinguistic Aptitudes (ITPA). GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the psycholinguistic skills of children from 4 to 5 years old at the “ABC” Early Education Centre, Cuenca 2019. METHODOLOGY: The study was prospective descriptive, this were carried out on children from 4 to 5 years old who attended the “ABC” Early Education Centre, located in Cuenca city. The instrument of evaluation used was the Test Illinois of Psycholinguistic Aptitudes (ITPA). The programs SPSS and Microsoft Excel were used for the data collection and analysis of data. RESULTS: The study sample size was composed of 104 participants from 4 to 5 years old who attended the “ABC” Early Education Centre, we found that, 55.8% showed a psycholinguistic age appropriate for their chronological age, 31.7% showed a psycholinguistic age below their chronological age and finally, 12.5% showed a psycholinguistic age above their chronological age.