ÖZET
Bu çal›şmada anaokuluna giden ve gitmeyen 3
yaş çocuklar›n›n kavram gelişimleri incelenmiştir. Random
yoluyla seçilen çocuklar›n 59’u anaokulu eğitimi almakta
65’i ise hiç okulöncesi eğitimi almam›ş olan çocuklard›r.
Araşt›rman›n verileri Bracken (1984) taraf›ndan geliştirilen
ve ters çevirme işlemi ile türkçeleştirilen Bracken Temel
Kavram Ölçeği (Bracken Basic Concept Scale) uygulana-
rak toplanm›şt›r. Araşt›rmada anaokuluna giden ve gitme-
yen çocuklar›n SRC (renk, şekil, harf, karş›laşt›rma, sa-
y›/sayma), sosyal/duygusal, doku/material yön/konum, ve
büyüklük kavramlar› aras›nda fark olup olmad›ğ›na bak›l-
m›şt›r. Araşt›rma sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara göre,
okulöncesi eğitimi alan ve almayan çocuklar›n kavram ge-
lişimleri aras›nda fark olduğu bulunmuştur.
ABSTRACT
In this study, the concept development
of the 3 years old children who either attend or not attend
to the preschool education on the field of their cognitive de-
velopment is reviewed. The sample space of the study con-
sisted of 124 children.These children who were randomly
selected from the population, 59 had and 65 did not have
any preschool education. The data of the research is gathe-
red according to Bracken Basic Concept Scale which was
developed by Bracken (1984) and translated into Turkish
by inversing procedure. During the research, the existence
of differences between their perception of SRC,(colour, let-
ter, shape, comparison, number/counting) social/emotional,
texture/material, direction/position, and size concept were
sought for. According to the findings obtained from this re-
search, it turned out that significant difference were found
between two groups.
ANAHTAR KELİMELER: kavram gelişimi, erken çocukluk, okulöncesi eğitim
KEYWORDS: concept development, early childhood, preschool education
efdergi@hacettepe.edu.tr http://www.efdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education 06800 Beytepe / Ankara
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