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Developing Thinking Skills of Early School Children Through Science Activities

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Siddiquah, Aishah

Program

PhD

Institute

University of the Punjab

City

Lahore

Province

Punjab

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2009

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Education

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/1635

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676724609412

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The experimental study investigated the effect of science activities (‘Let’s Think!’) on the development of thinking skills of early school children in Pakistan. A total of 101 experimental and 130 control group children of grade 1 participated in the study. The sample comprised 4 experimental and 5 control groups was selected from 6 different schools. The mean age of children was 83 months (SD=11.4) at the time of pretest. Thirty science activities were conducted as intervention for a period of 1 year. The Schemata i.e., Seriation, Classification, Time Sequence, Spatial Perception, Causation, Theory of Mind and Concrete Modeling were addressed in the activities. For measuring the cognitive development of children, drawing and conservation tests were used as pre and posttest. The purpose of drawing test, that intended to measure the schema of spatial perception, was to see the effect of science activities on the schema addressed in the intervention program. The conservation test was used to examine the effect of science activities on the schema other than those addressed in the intervention program. Independent sample t-test was applied to see the difference between the mean gain scores of the experimental and the control group. Hedges’ g effect size was calculated on the gain scores to measure the magnitude of effect on the thinking skills of children. The results of the study showed that the gain scores of the experimental group on the drawing and the conservation tests were significantly higher than those of the control group. The effect of intervention on the drawing and the conservation tests was significant both in boys and girls. However, the values of the effect sizes on both of the tests were higher in the girls than the boys. When age-wise comparison was made, it was observed that the effect of intervention on the drawing test was significant at age 6 + , 7 + and 8 + years. In case of the conservation test, however, it was significant at the age 6 + and 7 + years. The value of the effect size on conservation test was the highest at the age 6 + , which dropped gradually in the age 7 + and 8 + years. Furthermore, the effect of intervention on the drawing and the conservation tests was significant in the girls at age 6 + and 7 + years, whereas for the boys, it was significant at the age 6 + only. Phases of rapid brain growth iiand plateau and the gender differences in these phases give an account of the differential effect of intervention on age and gender. The results of the study suggest that thinking skills intervention programs aiming at the development of general thinking ability of children should be introduced in schools at appropriate time.
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متنی تنقید اور اس کے مدارج

موضوع7:متنی تنقید اور اس کے مدارج
متنی تنقید :
انسائیکلو پیڈیا ’ امریکانا ‘ نے متنی تنقید کی تعریف کرتے ہوئے لکھا ہے :
’’ متن کے اصل الفاظ کے تعین، اسے مکمل کرنے اور واقفیت واصلیت تلاش کرنے کی غرض سے پرانی تحریروں کے سائینٹفک مطالعے کو متنی تنقید کہتے ہیں۔ ‘‘
متنی تنقید کا اصل مقصد حتیٰ الامکان متن کو اصل روپ میں دوبارہ حاصل کرنا ہوتا ہے۔ اصل روپ سے مراد وہ شکل وصورت ہے جو متن کا مصنف اپنی تحریر کو دینا چاہتا تھا۔ یعنی اگر متنی نقاد کو مصنف کے ہاتھ کا لکھا ہوا نسخہ ملا ہے تو اسے متنی نقاد من وعن ہی شائع نہیں کرسکتا کیونکہ ممکن ہے مصنف سے کچھ الفاظ چھوٹ گئے ہوں یا کچھ الفاظ دوبارہ لکھ دئیے گئے ہوں یا اس قسم کی کوئی اور غلطی ہوئی ہو۔ ایسی صورت میں متنی نقاد کا فرض ہے کہ متن کو ان غلطیوں سے پاک کرے۔ متن کے لیے ضروری ہے کہ بامعنی ہو، اگر سینکڑوں برس کے عرصے میں نقل در نقل کی وجہ سے متن مسخ ہوگیا ہے تو اس کے اصل معنی کا تعین کیا جاسکے۔
متنی تنقید/تنقیدِ متن کے مدارج :
۱۔ تیاری ۲۔ مواد کی فراہمی
۳۔ متن کی تصحیح ۴۔ قیاسی تصحیح
۵۔ اعلیٰ تنقید
۱۔ تیاری :
الف۔مختلف عہد کے نسخے پڑھنا :
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