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成熟優位説

Maturational Theory (of child development, developed by Arnold Gesell)

早い段階で学習したとしても、身体の機能や組織が十分発達してからでないと学習の効果が出ないという考え。

The idea that even if a child learns things at an early stage, it won’t have an effect of learning until their body’s functions and systems are developed enough.