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Sebastian Holt; David Barner – Cognitive Science, 2025
Humans count to indefinitely large numbers by recycling words from a finite list, and combining them using rules--for example, combining sixty with unit labels to generate sixty-one, sixty-two, and so on. Past experimental research has focused on children learning base-10 systems, and has reported that this rule learning process is highly…
Descriptors: Computation, Numbers, Adult Students, Number Concepts
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Kalayci Eyeoglu, Özlem; Gökkurt Özdemir, Burçin; Eyeoglu, Ulvi – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2021
This study aims to examine the conceptual understanding of middle-school 8th graders on measurement based on big ideas. To this aim, a case study was carried out with six students from a state middle school. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with the instrument developed by the researchers and consisting of seven…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Concept Formation, Measurement