| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 幼兒教育所 === 97 === The purpose of the research is to analyze the ability of how young children at different ages recognize basic geometric figures, and to find out the factors which influence their recognition of triangles and circles.
“Wu's Test of Geometric Thinking of Visual Level” was adopted here as the main research tool. 770 subjects were chosen by convenience sampling, including 359 from top classes, 290 from middle classes, and 121 from the bottom classes in kindergartens. To study how young children recognize triangles and circles, the factors were divided into six dimensions: (1) straight line or curve line; (2) open or close figure; (3) figures of different sizes; (4) figures of different positions; (5) figures of different angles; and (6) convex or concave figures.
Here are the research findings:
(1) Among six dimensions, it is more difficult for children to recognize figures of different sizes, positions and angles.
(2) While the other three dimensions including “straight line or curve line”, “open or close figure”, and “convex or concave figures” are more easily to be recognized by children.
(3) It is most difficult for children to recognize convex or concave figures.
(4) Bigger figures are more easily and accurately recognized by children then smaller ones.
(5) With higher side ratio of triangles, it’s more difficult for children to recognize them.
(6) Elder children can recognize figures more easily and successfully than younger children.
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