Comparison of Psycho-Motor Skills and Social Adjustment in Students with and without Pre-School Experience

Background and Given the advancement of science and technology in the present century, and the crystallization of the fact that the prosperity of a country emerges from education, the need to expand the primary school reveals itself more than ever before. The current research aims to investigate the role of preschool education on psycho-motor skills and social adjustment in elementary students.
The research method is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population included all elementary students of Khoy city in the academic year of 2013- 2014 (1900 student) that 320 of them were selected by stratified sampling method (160 students in each group). The instrument used included the adaptive bdhavior inventory for children (Lambert & et al, 1984) and motor development test (Lincoln Oseretsky, 1978). Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of variance.
The results of multivariate analysis of variance analysis showed that preschool education has increased psychomotor skills and adaptation in all of components in students with preschool education experience (P Based on the results of this research, primary education can be considered as one of the most effective methods for improving psychomotor skills and social adaptation in students. The implications of the result are discussed in the article.