Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 24-30.

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Types of School Readiness of Elementary School Children and Their Influence on School Adjustment

LU Fu-rong1, WANG Xia2, LI Du-fang3, ZHANG Cai1, WANG Yun1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Division for Cooperation in Basic Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Experiment Primary School of Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2012-01-15 Published:2012-01-15

Abstract: 389 children have been investigated for their school readiness with two-steps cluster analysis and the differences of school readiness in age,gender and areas,as well as how these profiles predict later school adjustment.It was found as follows:(1)Two-steps cluster analysis revealed four profiles:comprehensive positive development,physical well-being and motor development risk,physical well-being and motor development strengths and other areas risk,school readiness risk.(2)It's significantly that more girls were the comprehensive positive development type than boys,on the contray,more boys were the physical well-being and motor development risk, as well as school readiness risk profiles.(3)There were more children in urban areas were the comprehensive positive development type than children in suburban areas.The results were contrary in other profiles.(4)The type of comprehensive positive development had higher scores in school adjustment compared with physical well-being and motor development risk and school readiness risk.The profile of school readiness risk performed the worst in school adjustment.

Key words: children, school readiness, school adjustment

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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