Investigating Print Awareness Skills of Preschool Children in Terms of Child and Parent Variances

Abstract

The research was carried out with the aim of examining the print awareness skills of children attending preschool in terms of various variances. A total of 295 children were selected using the convenience sampling method - 151 of them were male and 144 of them were female. Data were obtained using the “Preschool Word and Print Awareness Assessment Tool”.  The data obtained from the study were analyzed in the SPSS 20.0 package program. As a result of the study, it was seen that there was no significant relationship between children’s print awareness skills and their gender, father’s occupation and father’s education status, while it was found that there was a significant relationship between their print awareness skills and mother’s occupation and education status.