Investigation of the Influence of Teaching via Story-Telling on Verbal Intelligence and Vocabulary of Preschoolers (Case Study: Sar-Pol-Zahab City, 2013-2014)

The present research investigates the impact of education by story-telling on verbal intelligence and vocabulary of preschoolers. Research methodology was quasi-experimental with pretest and posttest and two experiment groups and a control group. Statistical population of the research included preschool children in Sar-Pol-Zahab city who studied in 2013-2014 academic years. 30 students were picked by means of accessible sampling method (15 people in experiment group and 15 people in the control group). Research instrument was Weksler's verbal intelligence scale which was implemented in two stages before and after intervention on both groups. Experiment group received 8 45-minute sessions of story-telling education. Data were analyzed by means of SPSS software. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were conducted by means of methods like covariance, Wilk's Lambda and M-Box methods. Results showed that there is significant relationship between education via story-telling and verbal intelligence and vocabulary of preschoolers.

KEYWORDS: story-telling, intelligence, verbal intelligence, vocabulary