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Briars, Diane; Siegler, Robert S. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Investigates preschoolers' knowledge of counting principles by examining their ability to discriminate between features essential for correct counting and features typically present but unessential. Skill in executing the standard counting procedure was found to precede knowledge of the underlying principle. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Computation, Discrimination Learning, Induction, Mastery Learning