Development of Numerical Concepts

Autor/inn/en	Peucker, Sabine; Weißhaupt, Steffi
Titel	Development of Numerical Concepts
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 3 (2013) 1, S.21-37 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Number Concepts; Numeracy; Child Development; Infants; Preschool Children; Schemata (Cognition); Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Development; Comprehension; Arithmetic; Mathematics Skills; Computation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Rechenkompetenz; Kindesentwicklung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Denkfähigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz
Abstract	The development of numerical concepts is described from infancy to preschool age. Infants a few days old exhibit an early sensitivity for numerosities. In the course of development, nonverbal mental models allow for the exact representation of small quantities as well as changes in these quantities. Subitising, as the accurate recognition of small numerosities (without counting), plays an important role. It can be assumed that numerical concepts and procedures start with insights about small numerosities. Protoquantitative schemata comprise fundamental knowledge about quantities. One-to-one-correspondence connects elements and numbers, and, for this reason, both quantitative and numerical knowledge. If children understand that they can determine the numerosity of a collection of elements by enumerating the elements, they have acquired the concept of cardinality. Protoquantitative knowledge becomes quantitative if it can be applied to numerosities and sequential numbers. The concepts of cardinality and part-part-whole are key to numerical development. Developmentally appropriate learning and teaching should focus on cardinality and part-part-whole concepts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01