Exploratory factor analysis of an instrument that evaluates the relationship between language development theories and methodological processes in third grade of pre-basic education and first grade of basic education

Abstract

An adequate development of language skills in the third year of pre-primary education and the first grade of primary education is fundamental. It lays the foundation for future learning and effective communication. Research on the relationship between language theories and methodological processes in the educational field is crucial. It helps reduce the gap between scientific knowledge of language development and the pedagogical procedures applied.
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied, starting with the excluded items test, the results showed a Cronbach’s Alpha of 0,921, and Kaiser-Mayer-Olkin KMO of 0,580, and a Bartlett test with a value of 682,856 and significance of 0,000, as well as a sedimentation graph that allowed rejecting the null hypothesis of the test.
This statistical validation guarantees that the instrument is reliable and valid for research aimed at identifying the relationship between language development theories and pedagogical procedures in the third grade of pre-primary education and the first grade of basic education in the department of Intibucá, thus facilitating an accurate and well-founded interpretation of the data in the educational situations studied.