The present study has been prompted by limited, but somewhat contradictory, findings about the influence of bilingualism on the development of high-order cognitive functions, one of which is creativity (Bialystok, 2009; Ricciardelli, 1992a; Simonton, 2008). Although several decades ago there was consensus regarding the negative influence of bilingualism on children’s mental and cognitive development (Genesee, 2009), at present there is near consensus regarding the positive impact of bilingualism (especially of balanced bilingualism) on children’s cognitive, linguistic, and academic growth (Bialystok, 2001; Cummins, 2000; Simonton, 2008). The present study aims to examine the influence of early bilingualism and bilingual education on the development of creativity in solving nonmathematical and mathematical problems.There is no evidence that bilingualism affects intelligence, but there is abundant, albeit controversial, evidence of negative, positive, or neutral influence of bilingualism on the development of different specific cognitive abilities and processes, including different forms of creativity (Bialystok, 2005; Ricciardelli, 1992a; Simonton, 2008).we describe three discoveries that we believe reveal the reasons for the recent enthusiasm about research on bilingualism. The first is that both of the bilingual’s languages are always activeThe parallel activity of the bilingual’s two languages can be observed trong đọc sách, nghe bài phát biểu, và chuẩn bị để nói chuyện một ngôn ngữ một mình (ví dụ như, Dijkstra, 2005; Kroll, Bobb, & Wodniecka, năm 2006; Marian & Spivey, 2003). Việc khám phá ra thứ hai là các ngôn ngữ hệ thống là rất thích nghi. Đang được song ngữ là không
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