Psychological Development and Education ›› 2003, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 46-52.

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A Study on 3-5 Years Old Children’s Pattern Ability

SHI Ya-juan1, PANG Li-juan1, TAO Sha2, CHEN Yao2   

  1. 1. Department of Preschool Education, School of Education, Beijing Normal University, 100875;
    2. School of Psychoogy, Beijing Normal University, 100875
  • Online:2003-10-15 Published:2003-10-15

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Abstract: Thsi research was designed to explore the developmental characteristics and regularities of children's pattern ability.249 children aged 3-5 years participated in this study.We tested children's abilities of pattern duplication and extension with standard procedure.The results indicated:1.With the increase in age,children's pattern duplication increases gradually,and the development from 3.5-years old to 4.5 is very quick;children's pattern extension increases gradually,and the development from 4-years old to 5-years old is very quick.2.Girls'developmental level of pattern extension is higher than boys'.3.Children's developmental level of pattern duplication is higher than that of pattern extension and the differences decrease gradually from 3 to 5 years old.4.With the increase in age,children's level of errors in the pattern duplication and extension decrease gradually.

Key words: pattern, pattern cognition, pattern duplicatipn, pattern extension

CLC Number: 

  • B844.12
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