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ERIC Number: EJ597737
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Extracting Parity and Magnitude from Arabic Numerals: Developmental Changes in Number Processing and Mental Representation.
Berch, Daniel B.; Foley, Elizabeth J.; Hill, Rebecca J.; Ryan, Patricia McDonough
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v74 n4 p286-308 Dec 1999
Children from grades 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 made speeded, bimanual parity (odd/even) judgments of numerals. Response times indicated that from fourth grade on, parity information was retrieved directly from memory. By grade 3, children represented magnitude information as a left-to-right number line which was accessed obligatorily and, by grades 6 and 8, was attenuated by linguistic effect. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Mathematical Concepts, Number Concepts, Numeracy, Reaction Time
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Magnitude Estimates; Markedness; Mental Representation; Number Line; Representational Thinking; Retrieval (Memory)
Note: Special Issue on: "The Development of Mathematical Cognition: Numerical Processes and Concepts."