Effects of Schooling on Arithmetical Understanding: Studies With Oksapmin Children in Papua New Guinea.

Saxe, Geoffrey B.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Effects of Schooling on Arithmetical Understanding: Studies With Oksapmin Children in Papua New Guinea.

Saxe, Geoffrey B.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v77 n5 p503-13 Oct 1985

This study showed that Oksapmin children not only spontaneously use the indigenous numerical system of their nontechnical culture but also have created new forms of numerical symbolization and calculation to deal with schooling arithmetic problems. Novel conceptual developments, factors mediating the schools effect, and the influence of prior knowledge are discussed. (Author/BS)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes, Number Concepts, Outcomes of Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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