Abstract

AZCARATE SERRANO, Jacinto  and  ANGARITA DE LA CRUZ, Bernardo. Comparative study of learning cognitive state children in public schools of Cauca, Colombia. Psicogente [online]. 2016, vol.19, n.36, pp.252-265. ISSN 0124-0137.  https://doi.org/10.17081/psico.19.36.1296.

The present study has been performed with a final population of 292 children from 12 public schools in the department of Cauca in transition, first, second and third base grades. For the purpose of this investigation, 36 tasks of battery of child Neuropsychological evaluation was used (ENI), with a duration of 1h 20" per child. The objectives established in this investigation were to describe the performance of children in 35 neuropsychological tests to assess whether the performance in these tests varied according to factors such as the child's age, grade, gender, educational institution she attended. The statistical sampling was for convenience, while research-involving children whose parents or guardians authorized. They underwent to a neuropsychological assessment with Child Neuropsychological Evaluation (ENI) individually during school hours; for this, were used a space properly and appropriately conditioned for such purposes within each school facilities. Among the key findings observed no significant differences in overall terms, in the different tests both gender status, and age. This is how children and smaller girls have similar behavior in the different tests that children and older girls. "Indigenous - non-indigenous" variable also did not present any significant variation in the tests.

Keywords : Cognition; Learning; Child Neuropsychological Evaluation ENI (For its acronym in Spanish).

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