Zhong Zhiyong, Xu Yongqi, Jin Ruining, Ye Chen, Zhang Mengmeng, Zhang Hao
School of Education, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China.
Civil, Commercial and Economic Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Nov 18;13:1012660. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1012660. eCollection 2022.
Numerous studies have been conducted on the correlation between preschool children's executive functions and mathematical competence, the findings of those studies are inconsistent. This study used meta-analysis to investigate the correlation between executive functions and mathematical competence of preschool children in China, and then explored the moderating effects of age, gender, and instruments. The researchers conducted an extensive search of CNKI, Web of Science, Google Scholar and used screening criteria to identify 22 studies of Chinese preschoolers aged 3-7 years from 2007 to 2021. The findings indicated that there was a positive correlation between Chinese preschool children's executive functions and mathematical competence ( = 0496), of which the effect size between mathematical competence and inhibition control was 0.347, and the effect size for working memory was 0.432, with an effect size of 0.370 for cognitive flexibility. Furthermore, Moderation analysis suggests that the preschoolers' age, gender, and instruments affected the association between the executive functions and mathematical competence. The implications of these findings for theory and practice deserve further discussion.
关于学龄前儿童执行功能与数学能力之间的相关性，已经开展了大量研究，但这些研究的结果并不一致。本研究采用元分析方法，探究中国学龄前儿童执行功能与数学能力之间的相关性，进而探讨年龄、性别和测量工具的调节作用。研究人员广泛检索了中国知网、科学网、谷歌学术，并运用筛选标准，从2007年至2021年间识别出22项针对3至7岁中国学龄前儿童的研究。研究结果表明，中国学龄前儿童的执行功能与数学能力之间存在正相关（r = 0.496），其中数学能力与抑制控制之间的效应量为0.347，工作记忆的效应量为0.432，认知灵活性的效应量为0.370。此外，调节分析表明，学龄前儿童的年龄、性别和测量工具会影响执行功能与数学能力之间的关联。这些研究结果在理论和实践方面的意义值得进一步探讨。
