Abstract
This study was designed to see the relationships between the children's dexterity evaluated by slicing cucumbers and shredding cabbages and their mental development, awareness of the difficulty of the work, and experiences in work of this sort at home.
The children who were subjected to this study were fifth and sixth graders of an elementary school. They were divided into two groups consisting of the fifth graders and sixth graders respectively.
The results indicate that :
1. There was low correlation between the skill in slicing cucumbers and that in shredding cabbages.
2. There was no correlation between the children's mentality and their dexterity.
3. The training had more effect on the sixth graders than the fifth graders.
4. The correlation between the skill in question and the children's awareness of the difficulty of the work was higher in the sixth grader group than the fifth grader group.
5. No correlation was found between the children's dexterity and their experiences gained in their homes.
