Cognitive Development

ABSTRACT The study identified the effect of early childhood education experience on the academic performance of primary school children. The research instrument used was the school continuous assessment records. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested using z-test statistics, at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there is a significant difference between pupils who had pre-primary education and those without in their academic performances-cognitive ability, social skills and motor skills. Based on the findings and conclusion, appropriate recommendations were made.
Socioeconomic Factors that Impact Early Childhood Development
Children living in lower-income households often face behavioural and learning challenges when they enter school. After controlling for income and parental education, children’s health and behavioural outcomes are unrelated to parental employment; according to the National Longitudinal
Survey of Children and Youth. Children with unemployed mothers are more likely to have low receptive vocabulary scores. This means that they will have more difficulty understanding spoken words.
Unemployed mothers have more time to engage with their child, but are also more likely to experience depression In the pre-school years, the level of the mother’s education has a more significant role on her child’s language development than does the father, butthe father’s education becomes more important for school achievement after the child enters school
There are several negative effects of growing up in a single-parent household mostly related to lower incomes and education Maternal depression can have adverse effects on mother-child interactions, resulting in reduced social and cognitive developmental outcomes
Four factors are strongly related to children’s developmental outcomes: (1) parenting skills, (2) the cohesiveness of the family unit,(3) the mental healthof the mother, and
(4) the extent to which parents