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ERIC Number: EJ625342
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Can Young Infants Add and Subtract?
Wakeley, Ann; Rivera, Susan; Langer, Jonas
Child Development, v71 n6 p1525-34 Nov-Dec 2000
Used Wynn's (1992) procedure in 3 experiments to test 5-month-olds' looking-time reactions to correct and incorrect results of simple addition and subtraction transformations. Found non-systematic evidence of either imprecise or precise adding and subtracting in young infants. Results suggest that infants' reactions to displays of adding and subtracting are variable; therefore, infants' numerical competencies are not robust. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Mathematics Skills, Reaction Time, Subtraction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Research Replication
Note: For commentary on this article, see PS 531 695 to PS 531 696 in this issue.