The enigma of number: why children find the meanings of even small number words hard to learn and how we can help them do better.

Although number words are common in everyday speech, learning their meanings is an arduous, drawn-out process for most children, and the source of this delay has long been the subject of inquiry. Children begin by identifying the few small numerosities that can be named without counting, and this ha...

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Main Authors: Michael Ramscar, Melody Dye, Hanna Muenke Popick, Fiona O'Donnell-McCarthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144900?pdf=render