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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: How and When Biased Input Shapes Mathematics Learning
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Siegler, Robert S.; Im, Soo-hyun; Schiller, Lauren K.; Tian, Jing; Braithwaite, David W. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Children's failure to reason often leads to their mathematical performance being shaped by spurious associations from problem input and overgeneralization of inapplicable procedures rather than by whether answers and procedures make sense. In particular, imbalanced distributions of problems, particularly in textbooks, lead children to create…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Arithmetic, Numbers, Fractions
Magnitude Knowledge: The Common Core of Numerical Development
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Siegler, Robert S. – Developmental Science, 2016
The integrated theory of numerical development posits that a central theme of numerical development from infancy to adulthood is progressive broadening of the types and ranges of numbers whose magnitudes are accurately represented. The process includes four overlapping trends: (1) representing increasingly precisely the magnitudes of non-symbolic…
Descriptors: Numbers, Theories, Individual Development, Symbols (Mathematics)
Magnitude Knowledge: The Common Core of Numerical Development
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Siegler, Robert S. – Grantee Submission, 2016
The integrated theory of numerical development posits that a central theme of numerical development from infancy to adulthood is progressive broadening of the types and ranges of numbers whose magnitudes are accurately represented. The process includes four overlapping trends: 1) representing increasingly precisely the magnitudes of non-symbolic…
Descriptors: Numbers, Theories, Individual Development, Symbols (Mathematics)