An Investigation into Liquid Conservation Ability Among Primary Schools Children at District Nowshera to Test Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Abstract
The research was purposed to test the “Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development” while investigating into the liquid conservation ability of rural and urban primary school students at District Nowshera. The main objectives of the research are to study the liquid conservation ability of girl’s students at primary level ranging from 6 to 10 years age group; to compare the liquid conservation ability of urban and rural girls students at primary level and those of government and private schools students. Certain null hypotheses have been tested to achieve the aforementioned objectives. A sample of 200 girl’s primary school children of district Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been investigated. An empirical research design was used, and data collection was done through observation sheets. Statistical techniques such as t-test and descriptive statistics were utilized for data analysis. Students at primary level ranging from 6 to 7 years age group found to be not liquid conservers in all the cases, while majority of the students at primary level ranging from 8 to 10 years age group found to be liquid conservers. Children’ liquid conservation ability thus confirmed to be increasing with age enhancement. Urban and rural students at primary level performed almost same but urban private students found to be comparatively better than those of rural area.
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