Abstract

AQUINO, G; MENDEZ, S  and  MAZUREK, C. Identification of learning and behavior difficulties in boys and girls 6 to 7 years of age attending a public school, located in the Julio Correa neighborhood, Luque, Year 2019. Rev. ciente. UCSA [online]. 2020, vol.7, n.3, pp.18-28. ISSN 2409-8752.  https://doi.org/10.18004/ucsa/2409-8752/2020.007.03.018.

This non-experimental research was carried out in order to identify learning and behavior difficulties in children between 6 and 7 years of age who attend a Public School, located in the Julio Correa neighborhood of the City of Luque. The non-probabilistic sample includes forty-four students on the afternoon and the morning turns, belonging to the first grade. The instruments used were a battery of tests that measures the aptitudes for school learning; with it, the presence of learning difficulties was identified, a behavior alteration scale was also applied in the School with the collaboration of grade teachers, which allowed the identification of behavior problems. As results, it was obtained that of forty-four students, twenty-five presented learning difficulties and twenty-four behavioral disturbances. It was concluded that more than half of the population has learning and behavioral difficulties.

Keywords : Children; difficulties; learning; conduct; instruments.

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