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Table 25
The responses given to the small and large revised SA and UK pictures for both gender
groups for the Coloured pre-schoolers of sample 1 and 2
AGE SMALL
PICT-
URES
Gender
Mean no.
of Stimuli
identified
Mean
no. of
Stimuli
SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2
LARGE SA PICTURE
Mean
no. of
Descriptive
words
Mean
no. of
Descriptivesentences
Mean
no. of
Pronouns
SMALL
PICT-
URES
Mean no.
of Stimuli
identified
Mean
no. of
Stimuli
LARGE UK PICTURE
Mean
no. of
Descriptive
words
Mean
no. of
Descriptivesentences
F 17 19 2 2 0 18 19 4 4 1
M 17 19 2 3 1 18 19 3 3 0
F = Females; M = Males
DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIAN CHILDREN'S PERFORMANCE
Table 26 indicates the means (X) and standard deviations (SD's) of the correctly
identified small revised pictures, the stimuli identified, descriptive words, descriptive
sentences and pronouns elicited from the large revised SA and UK pictures by the Indian
pre-schoolers of sample 1 and 2.
Seventy-one and 72 months were the mean ages of the Indian pre-schoolers of
Mean
no. of
Pronouns
sample 1 and 2 respectively. The mean number of correctly identified small pictures by both
samples was 18. This was in accordance with Griffith's (1960) proposed scoring criteria.
With reference to Griffith's (1960) criteria, the Indian pre-schoolers of both sample 1 and 2
identified fewer descriptive words and pronouns than was suggested. However, the Indian
children identified the proposed number of descriptive sentences and a far greater number
of stimuli. On a qualitative level, in comparison to the other three cultural groups, the Indian
pre-schoolers identified the greatest mean number of stimuli (X=21) in the large revised SA
and UK pictures.
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