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Ability for Mathematics May Be Inborn


Some people may just be born with a talent for math. I mean, we’ve known that practicing your times tables makes for better multiplication, but new research shows that our inborn sense of numbers is linked to our math ability, even before any training in math.
有些人生來就是數學天才，我是說，我們知道多背背乘法表，乘法運算能力會提高，但一項新的研究發(fā)現，即使未經任何訓練，人們與生俱來的數字意識和數學運算能力也是密不可分的。


Researchers gave 200 four-year-olds tests of number sense, which is the ability to guess quantities without counting. In this test kids watched groups of blue and yellow dots flash on a computer screen, and had to guess which color was more numerous. Some comparisons were obvious, like two blue and eight yellow. Others were tough, like five blue and six yellow. Researchers also tested the children's basic math skills.
研究人員對200名4歲兒童進行了數字意識測試。所謂數字意識就是指猜數量的能力。測試過程中，研究人員讓孩子們看電腦屏幕上藍色、黃色圓點動 畫，然后讓他們猜那種顏色的比較多。有的數量區(qū)別比較明顯：藍色2個，黃色8個；有的數量區(qū)別比較模糊：藍色5個，黃色6個。此外，研究人員還測試了孩子 們的基本算術能力。

Kids who could judge that a group of six yellow dots is larger than a group of five blue dots were also better at arithmetic. Meaning that number sense correlated with basic math skills, even in pre-schoolers. The study appears in the journal Developmental Science.
能在5個藍色、6個黃色中區(qū)分出黃色比較多的孩子，算術也相對較好。由此得出，數字意識和基本數學能力有關，在還沒上學的小孩子身上就能反映出來。這項研究刊登在《發(fā)育科學》期刊山。

Good number sense in adolescents was thought to be linked to good instruction, but turns out from this study that the link between good number sense and good math skills exists before any instruction.
人們曾以為青少年的數字意識離不開后天良好的教導，不過這項研究顯示數字意識和數學水平的關系其實早就存在了。

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