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Peer reviewedFreeman, Norman H.; Antonucci, Cristina; Lewis, Charlie – Cognition, 2000
Two experiments examined preschoolers' performance on test relying on the uniqueness principle for using evidence from a miscount in inferring a counterfactual cardinal number, with subtests probing associated number-skills. All the 5-year-olds and half the preschoolers passed the test. Results suggest that a crucial preschool step is to start…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computation, Inferences, Number Concepts
