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ERIC Number: EJ380644
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Effects of Language Characteristics on Children's Cognitive Representation of Number: Cross-National Comparisons.
Miura, Irene T.; And Others
Child Development, v59 n6 p1445-50 Dec 1988
Compares the cognitive representation of number of 24 American, 25 Chinese, 24 Japanese, and 40 Korean first-graders, and 20 Korean kindergartners. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean children preferred to use a construction of tens and ones to show numbers, whereas English-speaking children preferred to use a collection of units. (RJC)
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Japanese, Korean, Language Role, Mathematics Skills, North American English, Number Concepts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; Japan; South Korea
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