تطور فهم الأطفال لأعضاء الجسم الداخلية ووظائفها

Abstract EN

The aim of the current research is to identify the concept of internal body organs in children according to the variables of age (4.

5.

6.

7.

9.

11) years.

gender (males.

females).

in addition to knowing the significance of the differences among them according to the variable (4.5) 6.

7.

9.

11) years of sex (male-female).

The researcher has adopted the descriptive approach, and the researcher has chosen in a stratified random manner (360) boys and girls from kindergarten and primary schools.

with a rate of (30) children for each male and female.so that the number is (60) of each age.

divided equally between those within the city of Wasit for ages (4.

5)..

(6.

7.

9.

11) years.

and the researcher built a scale of children's understanding of the members of the body's functions, consisting of (8) questions that ask the child to name the element drawn in the hologram for what they think is inside the body and to record the words and terms that the child uses literally.

and that each question is a question The eight is a sub-question that includes asking the child to describe the function of each organ that his body contains, and that the degrees adopted in correcting the tool are (zero) in the case of the child choosing to respond (no.

silence.

I don't know) and (1) when choosing the correct label for the internal organ (Heart, lung, liver, stomach, kidney, bladder.

intestine.

brain), and (2) when describing the function (heart.

lung.

liver.

stomach.kidney.bladder intestine.

brain) in one of its forms (state the reason) or presents A short answer or presents some characteristics of each member, and (3) when it states the importance of the member.

The results showed that the concept of internal body organs appears at the age of (6) years.

and there are statistically significant differences according to the age variable in favor of the older age, and there is a significant difference according to the gender variable in favor of females.

and there is an interaction between (age and gender) .In light of the results of the current study, the researcher recommended a set of recommendations and suggestions.