numeral cognition essay

Question 1

What are the 3 main points of main body 1?

Answer 1

Numeral cognition in infancy

1. Non symbolic number representation (what is it?) and what are the 2 types
2. Describe the analog magnitude system and object individuation system
3. what methods are used to test how infants represent numerical information?

Question 2

What are the 4 main points of main body 2?

Answer 2

Systems studies

1. AMS in infants
2. analog magnitude system study = at 6 months Infants dishabituated when presented with a different number of dots, they responded to the number change.

3.OBS in infants

4. object individuation system study = Infants can track 1 to 3 objects in parallel, but their number representation in this context collapses when there is more than 3 objects involved.

Question 3

What are the 4 main points main body 3?

Answer 3

Numeral cognition in childhood

1. Symbolic number representation (what is it)
2. Early “counting” = toddlers know stable order (define), by 2 years they can count list but?
3. What is the cardinality principle
4. Children learn number words in stages what are these stages?

Question 4

What are the 3 main point of main body 4?

Answer 4

Relationship between early numerical skills and later maths skills

1. Does infants’ innate ability to represent number via analog magnitude system matter for their later mathematical reasoning and maths learning?
2. Children showed greater symbolic mathematical abilities at 3 years of age go on to show greater learning of symbolic numbers in school.
3. A study in 2021 found Kindergarten mathematics predicts 5th grade mathematics and reading achievement.