Vol. 12, Issue 9 (2023)

Author(s):
Soumya Hirelingannavar and Manjula Patil

Abstract:
The study was conducted in Dharwad taluk of Karnataka state during the year 2016-17 to know the influence of parental factors on cognitive abilities of children from Nali-Kali (Joyful-Learning) and conventional education program in rural and urban areas. Total samples of 128 school children studying in 4^th standard (64 children from Nali-Kali and 64 children from conventional schools) were selected from 8 schools (4 Nali-Kali and 4 Conventional) of rural and urban areas of Dharwad taluk. Wechsler’s Scale of Intelligence for Children-III was administered to measure cognitive abilities of children in both rural and urban areas from Nali-Kali and conventional schools. The findings revealed that, in Nali-Kali and conventional schools of both rural and urban areas, father’s education did not showed much difference in cognitive abilities of children. Whereas mother’s who had higher education their children scored higher in verbal intelligence. In rural and urban areas of Nali-Kali and conventional school, father’s occupation showed no difference in cognitive abilities. In case of mother occupation in rural and urban areas of Nali-Kali and conventional school, mother’s occupation showed no difference in cognitive abilities of the children.