Comparative Study of the Degree of Relationship between Logical Thinking Operational Structures Development Levels in Russian and Chinese Preschoolers

摘要

The aim of this research is to establish relationships between development levels of operational system elements (classification, seriation, conservation principle understanding and the decentration ability) and the concrete-operational thinking fledging period in Russian and Chinese preschoolers. Children from different countries have been found to equal each other in terms of developing classification, seriation, conservation and decentration; there are no statistically significant differences in the configurations of operational system elements between preschoolers from different cultural and social backgrounds (Russia, China). This proves that the spontaneous processes of formation and development of the logical thinking operational system are universal in character.