国外幼儿手指动作与数能力关系研究回顾与展望

On the Relation Between Foreign Preschool Children's Finger Movement and Math Ability:Retrospect and Reflections

数能力作为儿童认知发展的重要方面一直是心理学关注的问题。近些年来,国外手指动作与早期数能力关系研究越来越受到研究者的重视。笔者通过发展心理学与认知神经科学两个视角,从数概念及其表征、计数技能的获得以及运算能力的发展等方面概述了国外近些年来幼儿手指动作与数认知关系的研究,并在此基础上提出了当前该领域研究的前景与教育上的思考。

As an important indicator of children＇s cognitive development,math ability has been paid great attention to in psychology.In recent years,researchers abroad have focused more and more attention on the relation between young children＇s finger movement and math ability.From the perspective of developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience,this study makes a review of the research abroad in terms of the concept of numbers and its representation,the acquirement of counting skills,and the development of calculation.This article concludes with some speculations about the future study and its inspiration to education.