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Sophian, Catherine; McCorgray, Patricia – Cognition and Instruction, 1994
Two experiments examined the development of children's understanding of part-whole relations. Found that five- and six-year olds evidenced understanding of part-whole relations, but four-year olds did not. Results support the conclusion that an understanding of the relationship between a superordinate set and the basic-level sets that comprise it…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Mathematical Concepts
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Baroody, Arthur J. – Cognition and Instruction, 1995
Focuses on a single case study of a mentally handicapped child to examine directly the relation between the development of number-after rules and a counting-on from the larger addend (COL) strategy. Examines the development of children's proficiency with n+ and 1+n combinations and the evolution of their counting-on strategies over time. (AA)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computation