Mental Abilities of Rural children: An Experimental Study

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dc.contributor.advisorSangwan, Sheela
dc.contributor.authorRana, Shallu
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-10T10:18:18Z
dc.date.available2022-02-10T10:18:18Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractMental abilities can be defined as integrated set of abilities covering the verbal, perceptual, quantitative, memory as well as motor aspect (which also covers the domains like dexterity, handedness) (McCarthy, 1972). . Reading and writing abilities are the functional pre-requisites for a child to learn about his environment. Both these skills constitute the basis for learning, and their successful acquisition comprises one of the central keys to scholastic achievement. (Cunningham and Stanovich, 1997). Researchers like Nunes (1999) and Pretorious (2002) have highlighted the strong correlation between reading and academic success. Two environments home and school share an influential space in individual's life and there exists a unique combination between the two. This paper investigates the mental abilities and reading-writing skills of children. The effects of school and home environment were explored. An intervention programme to improve the mental abilities and readingwriting skills of low performing children was imparted. The study was conducted in rural government schools of Hisar and Fatehabad of Haryana state. The results revealed that age, father’s education and occupation, caste category significantly influences the children’s performance. The school environment, socio-personal variables are the strong predictors which influence the reading-writing skills of children. The home environment was found to be significantly correlated with both mental abilities and reading-writing skills of children. The findings suggest that the imparting the intervention programme may enhance the mental abilities and reading writing skills of children.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810182063
dc.keywordsMental abilities, Reading-writing skills, Home environment, School environment, Intervention, Experimental studyen_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.pages100+vii+XLIIen_US
dc.publisherCCSHAU,HiSARen_US
dc.subHuman Development and family studiesen_US
dc.themeMental Abilities of Rural Children: An Experimental Studyen_US
dc.these.typePh.Den_US
dc.titleMental Abilities of Rural children: An Experimental Studyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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