Quantitative development in infancy and early childhood / Kelly S. Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher, Susan Cohen Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mix, Kelly S.

Contributor:

Huttenlocher, Janellen.

Levine, Susan Cohen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Number concept in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this book is to define and discuss the key issues raised by new findings in the study of quantitative development. One basic question addressed is how the abilities reported in infants and young children relate to later development. In some accounts, one is left with the impression that infants possess all the fundamental skills that make up mature quantitative reasoning. According to this view, subsequent development seems to consist of little more than the gradual expression of these skills in increasing complex and explicit tasks. This is a major departure from previously held vi

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Historical Trends and Current Issues

2. Quantification in Infancy

3. Quantification in Early Childhood

4. Quantification of Discrete Sets: A Synthesis

5. Continuous Amount

6. Relative Quantity

7. Nonverbal Representation of Quantity

8. Acquiring Conventional Skills

9. The Whole Child

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-153) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-028413-7

1-60256-659-3

0-19-534416-2

1-280-47090-9

OCLC:

821690755