COMPARING THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS OF TURKISH AND REFUGEE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: FLEXIBLE ITEM SELECTION TASK (FIST)    
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Doç. Dr. Nuran TUNCER Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı European Journal of Education Studies
Dergi ISSN 2501-1111
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ERİC
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2021
Cilt No 3
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 235 / 265
DOI Numarası 10.46827/ejes.v8i1.3535
Makale Linki https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejes/article/view/3535/6171
Özet
Executive function skills constitute an important basis for learning and adaptation in early childhood. The executive function skills can easily improve in children who uses good practices in preschool. These skills are especially important because they help children overcome all complex tasks required to manage themselves. The aim of the present study was to examine abstraction and cognitive flexibility components, which are important components of executive functions, in 4-6-year-old Turkish children and refugee children attending kindergarten and nursery school using Flexible Item Selection Task (FIST). In addition, the research aimed to compare the abstraction and cognitive flexibility according to gender and age variables using three different sections: Turkish students attending kindergarten, Turkish students attending nursery school and refugee children attending nursery school. The study was a survey type of quantitative research, and a cross-sectional survey approach was
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