Emotional and motivational readiness of six-years-olds to start school – measurement with IDS Intelligence and Development Scales and subjective assessment of mothers

Abstract

Currently, in research on school readiness of children, more and more attention is paid to the socio-emotional competences of children, as well as looking for factors positively correlating with high results obtained in standardized tests. The aim of the study was to determine the emotional and motivational level of school readiness of 6-year-old children based on objective measurement using the Intelligence and Development Scales (IDS) and subjective measurement in the assessment of children’s mothers, using the “Parental Readiness Assessment Questionnaire”, based on IDS in terms of content, as well as determining the mutual relationship of results and the significance of controlled variables. 56 mothers and their children (aged 6;2–6;11 years old) were examined. Objective measurement showed average school readiness of children, subjective measurement – high. Correlations between them was on the verge of low, there was little correlation between the subscales of persistence and satisfaction with children’s achievements. For selected results, the parents’ education and age of children were significant.