nicole kotras masters thesis

Table 14
Means and Standard deviations of correctly identified small and large SA and UK pictures by
the Black 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 15 2.65 15 2.64
Large picture:
Stimuli identified
Descriptive words
Descriptive sentences
Pronouns
12+
6+
3
6+
16 5.79
1 1.67
2 2.30
0 0.86
15 5.99
2 2.22
2 3.25
0 1.05
Sixty-nine and 70 months were the mean ages of the Black pre-schoolers in sample
1 and 2 respectively. The mean number of correctly identified small pictures was below
Griffith's (1960) suggested scoring criteria for children of both samples in this age group.
With reference to Griffith's (1960) criteria, the Black pre-schoolers of both samples elicited
fewer descriptive words, descriptive sentences and pronouns than was proposed. However,
all the Black pre-schoolers identified above Griffith's (1960) proposed number of stimuli in
the large revised SA and UK pictures.
Table 15 indicates the frequency and percentage of the Black pre-schoolers from
both samples, who provided the correct response to each of the 20 small revised pictures.
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