The Comparison of Students Math Performance Based On Pre-School Courses

This study compared the math performance of students in primary schools on the basis of preschoolcourses in District 1 of Bandar Abbas city. The statistical population of the study consisted of all firstgrade students in District 1 of education area of Bandar Abbas city. The sample volume size wasdetermined through Cochran s formula. In accordance with the calculation formula, the sample size wasequal to 117 subjects who were selected using purposive sampling and proportionate manner.Accordingly, to gather data, 2 math tests numbered as 1 and 2 are taken; test 1 includes the subjectstaught at preschool course that are repeated at the first grade and test 2 includes the subjects that aretaught at the first grade and are not taught at preschool course as the post test. After extracting data foranalysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The results show that those students who havepasses the preschool courses have better performance in math compared to those peers who have notpassed the preschool course.