Development of Ideas – Formation Skill for Children aging 7-11 years

Abstract

The present paper aims at answering the following questions:1- When does Ideas - Formation Skill begin for Children from (7,9,11 ) years old?2- Are there any statistical differences for this skill according to : Age (7,9,11)yearsGender (male ,female)?The Sample of this paper consisted of 120 children (both male & female) at the primary school aging (7,9,11)years in Diyala provincial Baquba city for the academic year 2010-2011.The tool used to measure this skill consisted of three stories. The first story consisted of 6 questions ,the second story of 6 questions and the third of 7 questions . The tool then consisted of (19) questions . The questions were of multiple choice items in the first & second stories while the third story included multiple choice questions and other questions which require answers from the child . The verifiability f the tool was checked through its face validity . The stability was checked through the retest and the stability coefficient was 0,80.by using the second test for one sample , analyzing the second variation and using Schffee test for the various post test ,the results were as following :1-Ideas - Formation Skill for Children begin from the age of 9 years .2- The cognitive growth with ideas - Formation Skill increase as the child advances in years , and this indicates ,the developmental course for this skill .3- There is no differences between male & female in this skill.