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ERIC Number: EJ597739
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
The Role of Gesture in Children's Learning To Count.
Graham, Theresa A.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v74 n4 p333-55 Dec 1999
Examined role of spontaneous gesture in 2- to 4-year-olds' counting and assessment of counting accuracy. Found that correspondence of children's speech and gesture varied systematically across age. Children adhered to one-to-one correspondence principle in gesture prior to speech. Counting accuracy related to correspondence of speech and gesture, gestural adherence to one-to-one principle, and assessment of a puppet's counting accuracy. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Computation, Mathematical Concepts, Number Concepts, Numeracy, Toddlers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Gestural Representation; One to One Correspondence
Note: Special Issue on: "The Development of Mathematical Cognition: Numerical Processes and Concepts."