The Degree of Achieving Development Standards Indicators among Kindergarteners from Parents’ Point of View

Naser Ibrahim Al-Sharah, Faisal Khalif Al-Sharaa

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The objective of this study was to uncover the degree of achieving development standards indicators among kindergarteners from parents’ point of view. Descriptive- analytical approach was used, where the researcher used a questionnaire to collect data. It contained 2 demographic variables, which are the mother’s level of education and the child’s ordinal position and it had 67 questions. The study population consisted of a random sample of 100 parents only. The results showed that kindergarteners achieved the development standards of the Jordanian child at a high degree. It also showed that there statistically significant differences at 0.05≤α of the degree of achieving development standards indicators among kindergarteners from parents’ point of view due to the variables of the mother’s level of education and the child’s ordinal position. The current study recommends going beyond the kindergarten scope and researches on elementary students from across the entire Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a follow-up to this research’s findings. kindergartens in Amman will benefit from this study and it would motivate kindergartens teachers in Jordan to focus equally on development standards.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.19.3.23

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development standards indicators; kindergartens; parents

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