非象征性大小处理是加纳和科特迪瓦儿童象征性数学技能的强烈相关
Stephanie Bugden1, Daniel Ansari2, Guilherme Lichand3
1Department of Psychology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada.
Developmental science
|March 4, 2026
概括
涉及理解诸如点数组之类的数量的非象征性大小处理,是加纳和科特迪瓦儿童数学技能的关键预测因素. 这一发现与以前在少数民族国家进行的研究不同.
科学领域:
- 认知发展 认知发展
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
背景情况:
- 基本的算术技能,包括符号和非符号大小处理,对于数学学习至关重要.
- 之前的研究,主要来自少数民族世界国家,表明符号大小处理是数学表现的更强有力的预测因素.
- 对于这些关联在不同的文化和经济环境中如何变化,人们的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 研究西非国家儿童非象征性和象征性大小处理和数学表现之间的预测关系.
- 检查基础数理技能的跨国相似之处和差异.
- 为了确定非象征性大小处理是否能够独立于其他认知和社会情感因素来预测数学表现.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及加纳350名学龄儿童 (5-13岁) 的研究评估了象征性和非象征性大小处理和数学表现.
- 第二项预先注册的研究复制了该方法,包括科特迪瓦的342名儿童.
- 对识字,执行功能和社会情感技能进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 在加纳和科特迪瓦,非象征性大小处理成为数学表现的重要和独特预测因素.
- 这种关联即使在控制象征性大小处理,识字,执行功能和社会情感技能时也保持了强.
- 这些发现与以前的研究结果形成鲜明对比,主要来自少数民族世界国家.
结论:
- 非象征性大小处理在多数世界环境中的数学发展中发挥着关键作用,挑战了以前的假设.
- 跨文化研究对于全面了解数学能力的认知基础至关重要.
- 数学选器显示了在各种全球教育环境中评估数字大小理解的潜力.
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