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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDRENS UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH SHAPE

Raghdaa Abbas Abid, Prof. Dr. Safaa Tariq Habeeb

Volume: 9 Issue: 1 2019

Abstract:

The present study aims at identifying the understanding of children of the earth shape according to the variables of age and sex. The researchers construct a test of six questions to measure the children's understanding of the earth shape. After ascertaining the test validity and reliability, it has been applied to a sample of 481 male and female child at the ages of 6,8,10 who are selected randomly using the stratum randomized method. The results show that the children of the sample aged 6,8,10 years understand the shape of the earth and this understanding follows a developmental continuous way according to their age.Such development occurs for all children, regardless of their age.

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