Abstract/Notes: According to Johnson-Laird (2010), sudoku, a mind game, is based on a pure deduction and reasoning processes. This study analyzed sudoku solving skills of preschool children and to ascertain whether there was a difference between children who were educated according to the Ministry of Education preschool education program and the Montessori approach. Sudoku skills of children were analyzed by gender, age, duration of preschool attendance, mother’s and father’s education level and previous experience of playing sudoku using a 12-question Sudoku Skills Measurement Tool developed for this research study. The study sample of the study consisted of 118 children (57 girls, 61 boys) aged between 54-77 months. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in sudoku skills by gender. However, sudoku skills varied with age (54-65 months and 66-77 months) in favor of older groups. Children's sudoku skills were more developed with an increase in education level of either parent. Children who had been in preschool for longer had higher sudoku scores. A previous experience of playing sudoku did not impact sudoku scores. Sudoku skills of children who were educated according to the Montessori program were more developed compared to those of children educated according to Ministry of National Education program.According to Johnson-Laird (2010), sudoku, a mind game, is based on a pure deduction and reasoning processes. This study analyzed sudoku solving skills of preschool children and to ascertain whether there was a difference between children who were educated according to the Ministry of Education preschool education program and the Montessori approach. Sudoku skills of children were analyzed by gender, age, duration of preschool attendance, mother’s and father’s education level and previous experience of playing sudoku using a 12-question Sudoku Skills Measurement Tool developed for this research study. The study sample of the study consisted of 118 children (57 girls, 61 boys) aged between 54-77 months. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in sudoku skills by gender. However, sudoku skills varied with age (54-65 months and 66-77 months) in favor of older groups. Children's sudoku skills were more developed with an increase in education level of either parent. Children who had been in preschool for longer had higher sudoku scores. A previous experience of playing sudoku did not impact sudoku scores. Sudoku skills of children who were educated according to the Montessori program were more developed compared to those of children educated according to Ministry of National Education program.

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ISSN: 0022-0590

Abstract/Notes: In this article the metaphor of the storyteller is employed to argue the case for a critical phenomenology applied to understanding the "text" of the daily life-world of young children in childcare settings. The ideology of "preschooling" is examined and specific case studies of young rebels are presented. With the aid of Gadamer's notion of the "fusion of horizons," an attempt is made to understand the expenential world of the young child. In the process, themes depicting the social landscape of early institutional life are discussed.

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DOI: 10.1177/002205748316500203

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741

Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/002205742309700805

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741

Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/002205741608401108

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741

Language: English

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741

Language: English

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741

Language: English

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741

Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/002205742209601823

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741

Language: English

ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741