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Pixner, S.; Zuber, J.; Hermanova, V.; Kaufmann, L.; Nuerk, H.-C.; Moeller, K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Comparing numerical performance between different languages does not only mean comparing different number-word systems, but also implies a comparison of differences regarding culture or educational systems. The Czech language provides the remarkable opportunity to disentangle this confound as there exist two different number-word systems within…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Slavic Languages, Numbers, Schemata (Cognition)
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Pixner, S.; Moeller, K.; Hermanova, V.; Nuerk, H. -C.; Kaufmann, L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
The unit-decade compatibility effect is interpreted to reflect processes of place value integration in two-digit number magnitude comparisons. The current study aimed at elucidating the influence of language properties on the compatibility effect of Arabic two-digit numbers in Austrian, Italian, and Czech first graders. The number word systems of…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Number Concepts, Grade 1, German
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Kaufmann, L.; Vogel, S. E.; Starke, M.; Kremser, C.; Schocke, M. – Cognitive Development, 2009
Ordinality is--beyond numerical magnitude (i.e., quantity)--an important characteristic of the number system. There is converging empirical evidence that (intra)parietal brain regions mediate number magnitude processing. Furthermore, recent findings suggest that the human intraparietal sulcus (IPS) supports magnitude and ordinality in a…
Descriptors: Number Systems, Learning Disabilities, Brain, Numeracy