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In defense of intuitive mathematical theories as the basis for natural number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

David Barner
David Barner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA [email protected]
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Abstract

Though there are holes in the theory of how children move through stages of numerical competence, the current approach offers the most promising avenue for characterizing changes in competence as children confront new mathematical concepts. Like the science of mathematics, children's discovery of number is rooted in intuitions about sets, and not purely in analytic truths.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 643 - 644
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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