Comparison of Primary School Boys and Girls on Number Conservation Ability

Abstract

The purpose of this empirical study was to observe the ability of primary school boys and girls to test on the Piaget’s task of number conservation. The current study was based on two major objectives: 1) To explore number conservation ability among primary school boys and girls; 2) To compare primary school boys and girls on number conservation ability. The population of this study comprised all public (boys & girls) and private (boys & girls) primary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A total of 480 students of public and private primary schools’ (boys and girls) were chosen as a sample of the study. Since it was an empirical study so, empirical research design was used. Observation sheets were used as a data collection tool. Data were analyzed through percentage and t-test. It was established that boys and girls of primary school of age group 3 to 5 were non- conservers of number. It was concluded that primary school boys and girls (3 to 5 years old) were found to be same on number conservation ability. However primary school girls (4 years old) performed better than boys at the same age level. It was also provided by the data that boys and girls of primary schools were number conservers at the same age level that is 6 years old, that is the number conservation age was found to be the same both for boys and girls. It was concluded that gender have no effect (6 to 8 years) on the number conservation ability of primary schools children. It is recommended that school going age is to be form age 6.