本研究选择幼儿园中班、大班和小学一年级儿童各60名作为被试,通过四种图表任务的测试考察儿童图表理解能力的发展状况。研究结果表明:5～7岁儿童对表格、饼状图、点状图和柱状图的理解能力均随年龄的增长而逐步提高,从中班到大班这一阶段是儿童图表理解能力发展的关键期。 In this study, we selected 60 first-grade children in kindergarten, middle school and primary school each as test subjects and tested the development of children’s chart comprehension ability through the test of four kinds of chart tasks. The results show that: 5 to 7-year-old children’s understanding of the form, pie chart, point chart and histogram are gradually increased with age, from the class to the big class this stage is the critical period for the development of children’s chart comprehension .