初中数学实验是学生通过动手动脑,以“做”为支架的活动方式,是在教师引导下,学生运用有关工具,通过实际操作,在认知与非认知因素参与下进行的一种发现数学结论、理解数学知识、验证数学结论的思维活动。初中数学实验以现代知识论为导向,以具身认知理论和儿童发展理论为基础,体现的价值为:促进学生的知情发展,还原教学的完整过程,挖掘隐性课程资源,提升教师的专业水平。
Mathematics experiment is a kind of activity, which can help students discover mathematics rules, comprehend mathematics knowledge, and verify mathematics conclusion, by practical operation using some given instruments. Thus it can be used as a means of instruction in junior middle school with guidance of mathematics teachers. Directed by modern cognitive theory, and based on theories of embodied cognition and child development, it manifests great values as follows.- promote students' intelligent and non-intelligent development, restore the holistic knowledge learning process, explicate hidden curriculum resources, and enhance teachers' professional development.