유아의 학습행동과 자기조절학습능력 및 문제행동간 관련성 연구

Study of relationships of young children’s learning behaviors with self-regulated learning competence/problem behaviors

The study investigated relationships of young children s learning behaviors with self-regulated learning competence and problem behaviors. The subjects were 217 young children at age 4, 5 and 6 years. The test instruments administered for this study were Korean version of Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale by McDermott, Leigh, and Perry(2002), Korean version of Checklist of Independent Learning Development 3-5 developed by Whitebread et al.(2009), and Korean version of problem behavior scale in Social Skills Rating System by Gresham and Elliott(1990). The study results are as follows. First, the girls showed more positive learning behaviors than boys. But there were no differences among children at age 4, 5, and 6 years. Second, positive correlations between learning behaviors and self-regulated learning competence while there were negative correlations between learning behaviors and problem behaviors. Third, young children s self-regulated learning competence and problem behaviors were the variables significantly predicting their learning behaviors.