Language and culture in mathematical cognition. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daniel B. Berch, David C. Geary, Kathleen Mann Koepke.
• Editors: Berch, Daniel B; Geary, David C; Mann Koepke, Kathleen
• Contents: 1. Introduction: The Role of Language and Culture in Mathematical Cognition and Development; 2. The Effects of Language on Number Word Learning and Estimation; 3. Arithmetic in the Bilingual Brain; 4. Linguistic Traces in Core Numerical Knowledge; 5. Number Knowledge in Preschool Dual-Language Learners from Low-Income Households; 6. Mathematical Skills of Children with Specific Language Impairments: Testing Developmental Theory; 7. Contributions of Culture and Language to the Development of Space-Number Associations; 8. How Culturally Predominant Reading Direction and Number Word Construction Influence Numerical Cognition and Mathematics Performance; 9. The Cross-National Learning Gap: Cognitive Mechanisms of Cultural Differences in Mathematics; 10. Cultural Comparisons of Children’s Mathematics Achievement: Numerical Language and Core Knowledge; 11. Disentangling Linguistic and Experiential Factors as Predictors of Young Children's Early Numeracy Skills; 12. Counting Systems as Cultural Tools for Numerical Cognition; 13. Linguistic and Cultural Processes in Elementary Mathematics: Studies from a Remote Papua New Guinea Community
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 510.71; Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Language and education; Mathematical ability; Cognition
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128125755
• Related ISBNs: 9780128125748
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