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Representing Mathematical Concepts to Two- and Three-Year-Olds Through Action, Image, and Word: An Experimental Comparison of Teaching Methods.

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Greenfield, Patricia Marks – 1979

Three experiments concerned with methods of teaching mathematical concepts to 2- and 3-year-olds were carried out. The first experiment, in which 12 children were taught the concepts "fat" and "skinny," showed that (1) explicit verbal representation of the concepts was a more effective instructional technique than formulation in terms of an…

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