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Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × Author: Diksha × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2019 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Home Environment and Cognitive Abilities of Preschool Children
    (CCSHAU, 2019) Diksha; Chandrakala Singh
    The rearing environment is very powerful supporter of development and it is essential that parents of pre-schooler could use in all the possibility that predispose children’s development. Enriched home environment help in advance the cognitive development of children. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of home environment on cognitive abilities of preschool children. The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state where four schools having preschool unit were selected from rural area. To draw the sample from urban area five preschools were selected at random. From selected schools 240 pre-schoolers from the age group of 4 to 5 years were selected randomly. The sample consisted of equal number of boys and girls. Self-prepared questionnaire was used to delineate socio-personal variables of pre-school children. Home observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) by Bradley and Caldwell (1981) was used to assess Home Environment of pre-schoolers. Cognitive abilities of pre-schoolers were assessed by using Pandey’s Cognitive Development Test for Pre-schoolers by Hema Pandey (1992). Frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation, ‘z’ test, chi-square and coefficient of correlation were used to analyse the data. Results indicated that majority of the preschool children had moderate level of cognitive abilities and home environment. Cognitive abilities of children were associated with dimensions of home environment viz; learning stimulation, language stimulation, physical environment, modeling, variety in experience and acceptance. Positive and significant correlations existed between dimensions of home environment and cognitive abilities. The cognitive abilities of children was associated with personal and socio-economic variables viz; area, parental education, paternal occupation and family size.