nicole kotras masters thesis

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLOURED CHILDREN'S PERFORMANCE
Table 20 indicates the means (X) and standard deviations (SD's) of the correctly
identified small revised pictures, the elicited stimuli, descriptive words, descriptive sentences
and pronouns from the large revised SA and UK pictures by the Coloured pre-schoolers of
sample 1 and 2.
Table 20
Means and Standard deviations of correctly identified small and large pictures by the
Coloured pre-schoolers of sample 1 and 2
GRIFFITHS (1960)
CRITERIA
(FOR 71 MONTHS)
SAMPLE 1
(SA PICTURES)
SAMPLE 2
(UK PICTURES)
X X SD X SD
Small pictures 18 17 1.94 18 1.77
Large picture:
stimuli identified
descriptive words
descriptive sentences
pronouns
12+
6+
3
6+
19 6.76
2 2.55
2 4.30
1 3.22
19 7.76
3 4.59
3 5.17
0 0.74
Seventy-one and 72 months were the mean ages of the Coloured pre-schoolers in
sample 1 and sample 2 respectively. The mean number (X=17) of correctly identified small
pictures by the children of sample 1, was below Griffith's (1960) proposed criteria for children
of this age. The mean number (X=18) of correctly identified small pictures by the children of
sample 2, was in accordance with Griffith's (1960) proposed scoring criteria for children of
this age. With reference to Griffith's (1960) criteria, the Coloured pre-schoolers of both
samples identified fewer descriptive words and pronouns than was suggested. The
Coloured pre-schoolers of sample 1, unlike the children from sample 2, identified fewer
descriptive sentences than was suggested by Griffiths (1960). Children in both samples
identified a far greater number of stimuli in the large revised SA and UK pictures than was
proposed.
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