Facultad de Educación, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. Facultad de Educación, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Christian Peake es Doctor en Psicología del Desarrollo y profesor asociado de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, Chile). Se centra en los procesos cognitivos implicados en el aprendizaje matemático y en las discapacidades del aprendizaje matemático. Es Licenciado en Psicología (U. de Illes Balears, 2008), Postgrado en Neurociencia Cognitiva y Necesidades Educativas Especiales (U. de La Laguna, 2010), y Doctor en Psicología Evolutiva (ULL, 2015).
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
A habilidade numérica se desenvolve desde tenra idade e é a base para o aprendizado posterior da matemática, bem como para o sucesso acadêmico e profissional na idade adulta. A educação matemática inicial tem tradicionalmente focado no ensino de processos gerais, buscando o desenvolvimento do pensamento lógico -matemático e da linguagem matemática. Este artigo busca refletir sobre a importância do treinamento de processos cognitivos no domínio numérico específico, com base nos achados da psicologia cognitiva. Portanto, este artigo revisa as evidências empíricas mais recentes, com base em estudos recentes com abordagens comportamentais para a cognição numérica, com foco no desenvolvimento das habilidades iniciais dos números. Portanto, são revisados os principais marcos do desenvolvimento numérico em relação à aquisição da aritmética posterior, levando em consideração as influências intrínsecas e extrínsecas no indivíduo durante os primeiros anos de idade.
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