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Precursors to number: Equivalence relations, less-than and greater-than relations, and units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

Catherine Sophian
Catherine Sophian
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Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822csophian@hawaii.eduhttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~csophian/index.html
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Abstract

Infants' knowledge need not have the same structure as the mature knowledge that develops from it. Fundamental to an understanding of number are concepts of equivalence and less-than and greater-than relations. These concepts, together with the concept of unit, are posited to be the starting points for the development of numerical knowledge.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 670 - 671
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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