Pembinaan instrumen saringan 'COMEL' untuk penilaian perkembangan kanak-kanak pra sekolah
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Date
2018-09
Authors
Hashim, Nurul Ilyana
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
This study aims to devise, validate, and pilot a parent and teacher-rated
instrument to screen developmental abilities of children aged 3 to 6 in Bahasa
Malaysia. Extensive review was conducted to identify most important components in
measuring children development and specific skills and abilities underneath each
component (Study I). A series of expert panel evaluations were held to establish face,
content, and construct validity (n=10), followed by predictive validity (n=30) (Study
II). An initial study was conducted on 256 participants who rated children’s
development as to establish the developed instrument’s reliability, feasibility, and to
test related hypotheses. Five most important components in measuring children
development was identified which are cognitive (C), vision (O), motor (M), emotion
(E) and language (L) and communication abilities and was given an abbreviation as
COMEL. Within each component, 12 items were initially constructed to tap
children’s common developmental skills as they grow up from approximately 3 to 6
years old. A final version of validated and reliable COMEL consists of 72-items,
arranged from simple to complex skills representing each component, written in
simple sentence with accompanied coloured illustrations. For each skill the rated
child has achieved, a Yes option is checked and 1 score obtained. Pearson correlation
analysis found that the higher the developmental age of the child, the higher the
scores in COMEL. Analysis of variances indicated that there were significant
differences in scores of COMEL among children with different ages 3,4,5, and 6.
Finally using Man Whitney test, we found there was no significant difference in
scores of COMEL between boys and girls. COMEL is found to be a valid, reliable,
feasible and useful instrument to screen children’s development around ages 3 to 6
years old.
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Child development