Effects of Early Childhood Education on Students' Academic Achievement in Science at Elementary School Level
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30971/jecce.v3i.478Keywords:
effects, early childhood education, academic-achievement, elementary school level, science.Abstract
This study aimed to find the effects of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
on students’ academic achievement in science at elementary school level
in district Haripur. The study's objectives were: 1) to investigate the
impacts of ECE on students’ academic achievements, 2) to compare the
academic achievement of students who have attended ECE with those who
have not attended ECE over the categories of male and female schools. All
students at the elementary school level were considered as the population
of the study. The study was delimited to grade 7th of the elementary school
level. Ten (10) schools (five male and female schools each) were randomly
selected as sample of the study. Four hundred (400) students (200 for ECE
and Non ECE each) were randomly selected. Data were collected through
academic achievement test having reliability coefficient 0.87. Data were
analyzed by using SPSS software. ECE (Male) group was found superior
to Non ECE (male and female groups); ECE (Female) group was found
better than Non ECE (male and female groups). However, both the male
and female of Non ECE groups were equal; and both the male and female
of ECE groups were equal in their science academic achievement.
Government may encourage ECE by providing pre-primary educational
facilities (classrooms, instructional materials, and equipment) and by
organizing in-service teachers’ trainings to enhance teaching skills and to
make it more successful
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