Abstract
The study is conducted to explore the factors of Chinese written character forms and the psychological processes which affect the acquisition of Chinese Characters, and their inner relationship, in the hope of supplying a theoretical basis for elementary Chinese character instruction and cultivation of the pupils' ability in learning Chinese characters. The indexes of this experiment are operation speed and accuracy of visual image in composition or decomposition of Chinese characters. TP-801 single board computer was used to present the stimulus and to collect data automatically based upon a survey of 120 pupils randomly selected from several Guangzhou elementary schools. The main results are as follows: (1) High relation exists between the operation speed and accuracy of visual image in composition or decomposition of Chinese characters and the levels of Chinese character achievement (high middle and low level groups), and significant differences exist among the three levels. (2) Not all of the levels of Chinese characters lead to significant differences of operation speed of the visual image, only to a certain degree. (3) The error types in composition or decomposition of Chinese characters among the three levels differ, most in the low level show order confusion, while most- in the high and middle levels show composition exchange.
| Keywords: | Chinese Characters; Learning; Image Operation; Experiments |
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