Developmental Processes and Stages in the Acquisition of Cardinality

This is a study of the level of children's understanding of cardinality, focusing on the difference between a true cardinality response and the application of a mechanically learned rule. The authors also evaluate and discuss the possible relationship between cardinality and counting.The subjects we...

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Authors: Bermejo Fernández, Vicente; Lago Marcos, María Oliva
Format: Article
Publication date:1990
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60157
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60157
Access Level:Open access
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description This is a study of the level of children's understanding of cardinality, focusing on the difference between a true cardinality response and the application of a mechanically learned rule. The authors also evaluate and discuss the possible relationship between cardinality and counting.The subjects were two groups of 32 preschool children, ranging in age from 4 years 3 months to 6 years 3 months. Experimental methodology included two large sets of tests (elements-cardinal vs cardinal-elements), using both numbers and vowels with forward vs backward counting, and visual vs verbal presentation conditions. Results show that cardinality responses are affected by both the direction and nature of the elements in the counting sequence. Scrutiny of errors committed in the various tests enables us to suggest six stages in the acquisition of cardinality. Although there appears to be a developmental dependency between counting and cardinality, this relationship is not significant in all cases.
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spelling Developmental Processes and Stages in the Acquisition of Cardinality Bermejo Fernández, Vicente Lago Marcos, María Oliva 159.922 37.015.3 Psicología evolutiva Psicología de la educación (Psicología) 6102.01 Psicología Evolutiva 6104 Psicopedagogía This is a study of the level of children's understanding of cardinality, focusing on the difference between a true cardinality response and the application of a mechanically learned rule. The authors also evaluate and discuss the possible relationship between cardinality and counting.The subjects were two groups of 32 preschool children, ranging in age from 4 years 3 months to 6 years 3 months. Experimental methodology included two large sets of tests (elements-cardinal vs cardinal-elements), using both numbers and vowels with forward vs backward counting, and visual vs verbal presentation conditions. Results show that cardinality responses are affected by both the direction and nature of the elements in the counting sequence. Scrutiny of errors committed in the various tests enables us to suggest six stages in the acquisition of cardinality. Although there appears to be a developmental dependency between counting and cardinality, this relationship is not significant in all cases. SAGE Publications https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60157
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159.922
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Psicología evolutiva
Psicología de la educación (Psicología)
6102.01 Psicología Evolutiva
6104 Psicopedagogía
title Developmental Processes and Stages in the Acquisition of Cardinality
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title_short Developmental Processes and Stages in the Acquisition of Cardinality
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