Influence of biological kinematics on learning the number concepts 6 to 9 in kindergarten
摘要
The present study evaluated the performance of two comparable groups of kindergarten children after a two-week intervention in which they learned a number-themed song containing the digits 1 to 9 along with visual aids. Each number was associated with a symbolic representation, a picture of an object or animal that rhymed with the number in French, and a video representing a finger counting movement in the form of an animated sequence of dots that could move in a biological or non-biological way. Our results showed a better understanding of numbers, especially numbers greater than 6, in children exposed to the song with biological counting movements. This finding highlights the importance of biological kinematics in children's understanding of abstract concepts and suggests that the link between numbers and biological movements is crucial for the acquisition of numerical understanding.