儿童战略记忆的发展:幼儿园教师教学语言的延迟作用
Jennifer L Coffman1, Amber E Westover1, Olivia K Cook2
1Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Developmental psychology
|March 20, 2025
概括
幼儿园教师使用认知处理语言 (CPL) 显著提高了儿童的战略记忆发展. 暴露于更多CPL的儿童在一年级时,在与记忆相关的分类技能方面表现出更大的改善.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 儿童的战略记忆在小学期间显著发展.
- 支持战略记忆发展的上下文因素需要进一步调查.
- 教学语言可能在记忆策略的获取中起着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 检查幼儿园教师教学语言对儿童战略记忆成长的影响.
- 研究认知处理语言 (CPL) 在开发基于意义的记忆分类中的作用.
- 了解CPL如何影响幼儿记忆策略的发展.
主要方法:
- 在2个学年中,76名幼儿园生进行了纵向研究.
- 观察幼儿园教师在数学和语言艺术课程中使用认知处理语言 (CPL).
- 多级模型用于分析儿童在分类能力,工作记忆和家长教育方面的成长.
主要成果:
- 暴露于较高水平的CPL的儿童在一年级结束时表现出更具战略性的分类.
- 更高的CPL课堂与儿童分类能力的更快增长率有关.
- 即使对工作记忆和父母教育进行控制后,也观察到这些效应.
结论:
- 幼儿园的教学语言,特别是CPL,与儿童组织分类技能的增强增长有关.
- 在早期教育中接触CPL有助于发展战略记忆.
- 教师的语言选择可以促进年轻学习者的更深层次的认知处理和战略获取.
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