亚马逊土著居民的数学知识多样化
David M O'Shaughnessy1, Tania Cruz Cordero2, Francis Mollica3
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1650.
概括
正式的学校教育对Tsimane的孩子的数值和算术技能产生了重大影响. 专业的数学知识,比如乘以五的乘法,即使没有正规教育,也可以发展,突出了文化影响.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 人类学是人类学.
背景情况:
- 调查了玛尼族 (Tsimane) 的数和算术学习,玛尼族是玻利维亚原住民群体,近期和变化的正规学校教育.
- 探讨文化背景和正规教育如何塑造早期数学发展.
结论:
- 文化因素极大地影响了早期的数学发展.
- 仅依赖继承函数 (重复加法) 的心理理论可能无法完全解释人类数学能力的多样性.
- 这些发现表明,数学认知是可适应的,并根据特定的文化和经济需求形成.
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