3—7岁儿童理解类包含概念的初步研究——对皮亚杰类包含实验的初步意见

A PRELIMINARY STUDY ABOUT THE UNDERSTANDING OF CLASS INCLUSION IN CHILDREN FROM 3 TO 7 YEARS OLD

皮亚杰认为对类包含关系的理解,是判断儿童思惟是否达到守恒的一个标志。他认为学前儿童不能理解类包含概念,我们拟通过实验措施,观察启发教育对幼儿掌握类包含关系的作用。 我们还认为皮亚杰的类包含实验容易使儿童从数量上考虑,没有强调类与子类在性质上的从属关系,为此,我们另外设计了类包含实验及分类实验,以资和皮亚杰的结果作比较。

This is an experimental study about helping preschool childrenunderstanding the concept of class inclusion. But to Piaget preschool childrencannot understand this concept. In investigating children’s acquisition of the concept of class inclusion wedesigned different method from the method used by Piaget, and in theexperiment, preschool children showed better results in understanding theconcept of class inclusion.