А system of criteria, indicators and levels of assessment of the formation of peer relations of senior preschool children

Abstract

The article provides a fundamental theoretical analysis of scientific approaches to the development of components, criteria and indicators of the formation of peer relations of senior preschool children. It emphasizes the importance of pedagogical influence on the process of establishing relations among senior preschool children, maintaining a favorable microclimate in children's community, developing a system of criteria and indicators for diagnostics of efficiency of the work performed. It characterizes the notions "components", "criteria", "indicators", "criteria of the formation of peer relations of senior preschool children" and "indicators of the formation of peer relations of senior preschool children". It analyses the scientific and methodical papers on the components of the formation of peer relations of senior preschool children. It studies educational programs for training and upbringing of senior preschool children, where, in author's opinion, they distinctly show the problem of determining the components, criteria and indicators of the formation of peer relations of senior preschool children.
It defines, grounds and describes the components (cognitive, regulatory and behavioral), reveals the criteria (essence and knowledge, emotional and communicative and activity and behavior), specifies the indicators (presence of an idea about age-mate relations; orientation in the main issues of friendship, companionship, desire to interact with age-mates, developed emotional and positive attitude to age-mates in compliance with the standards and rules of feedback communication; presence of ability to regulate own emotional state, developed emotional and positive attitude to age-mates in compliance with the standards and rules of feedback communication, ability to resolve conflict situations in a reasonable way); defines the levels of the formation of peer relations of senior preschool children.