This study was designed to see the relationships between Naminui skill in dress making and the children's degree of physical development, their sex, their results of practice, their retention of skill and their skill of cutting vegetables.
The children who were subjected to this study were fifth and sixth graders of an elementary school.
The results indicate that :
1. There were considerable differences in Naminui skill individually. So, individual guidance must be taken into account.
2. Successful results were found in boy's skill after the training at one week interval was repeated five times. This seems to be due to the children's differences in their experiences at home and their development of dexterity.
3. Higher degrees of difference of skill between boys and girls were found in fifth graders than in sixth.
4. Closer correlationship between evaluation by a teacher and the number of stitches was found in fifth graders.
5. The remarkable improvement was found in retention test after one year. So, children seem to be fully possessed of readiness for Naminui skill about June in the fifth grade.
6. Higher correlationship was found between the rankings of dexterity of sewing and those of cutting vegetables.
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