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ERIC Number: EJ246180
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1981-Mar
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Body Parts as Numerals: A Developmental Analysis of Numeration among the Oksapmin in Papua New Guinea.
Saxe, Geoffrey B.
Child Development, v52 n1 p306-16 Mar 1981
Two studies indicate that Oksapmin children progress from premediational to mediational phases in their use of body parts to compare and reproduce number and that this change generally occurs prior to the development of concepts of number conservation. A third study shows that this general change is manifested in culturally specific ways. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Computation, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Number Systems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea
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