Pre-Académica: Batería Neurocognitiva Preescolar

Pre-Academic consists of 8 cognitive tasks to assess attention, basic numerical abilities, working memory, thinking and oral language in preschool childhood. Method. 375 children between 4 and 6 years old participated in the province of Cienfuegos, Cuba. Several statistical analyzes were carried out to obtain validity (association with another variable, internal structure and content) and reliability (test - retest method). Results. The association validity indicated appropriate correlations between Pre-Academic and Luria Initial (.42** and .67**). Similarly, it showed coincidence values between 73% and 76%. The analysis of factors contained 3 factors: Magnitudes (24,26%), Thought (22,46%) and Language (19,16%), indicating an appropriate structure interns (65,89% of the variance). The analysis of content validity recommended to modify a group of articles with bad discrimination (28% of the items). Similarly, suggested to design a group of items to increase the content validity in the tasks with bad discrimination: Vocabulary, Rhymes and Matric. The test - retest method showed appropriate indicators of reliability (values between .82 and .94). Conclusions. In first phase test, Pre-Academic showed positive and negative points. Positive. (1) 72% of the items showed good discrimination, (2) 6 tasks were grouped into two explanatory factors (Language and Magnitudes). Negative. (1) 28% of the items have bad discrimination; (2) insufficient items were designed to reorganize the test after this analysis. It is recommended to design a group of items to increase the validity of the Pre-Academic. Pre-Académica está conformada por 8 tareas cognitivas para evaluar la atención, las capacidades numéricas básicas, la memoria de trabajo, el pensamiento y el lenguaje oral en la infancia preescolar. Método. Participaron 375 niños entre 4 y 6 años en la provincia de Cienfuegos, Cuba. Se realizaron varios análisis estadísticos para obtener la validez (asociación con otra variable, estructura interna y contenido) y la confiabilidad (método test - retest). Resultados. La validez de asociación indicó adecuadas correlaciones entre Pre-Académica y Luria Inicial (.42** y .67**). Igualmente, mostró valores de coincidencia entre 73% y 76%. El análisis de factores agrupó 3 factores: Magnitudes (24,26%), Pensamiento (22,46%) y Lenguaje (19,16%), indicando una apropiada estructura interna (65,89% de la varianza). El análisis de validez de contenido recomendó modificar un grupo de ítems c