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First Graders' Cognitive Representation of Number and Understanding of Place Value: Cross-National Comparisons--France, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and the United States.
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Miura, Irene T.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
Research on cognitive representation of numbers and understanding of place value of U.S. and Japanese first graders was extended to France, Sweden, and Korea (118 subjects; approximately 24 from each of the 5 countries). Basic differences in children's cognitive representations of number are influenced by characteristics of their languages. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Comparisons of U.S. and Japanese First Graders' Cognitive Representation of Number and Understanding of Place Value.
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Miura, Irene T.; Okamoto, Yukari – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
The relationship between mathematics performance and fundamental linguistic variations in the cognitive representation of numbers was assessed, using 24 first graders each from the United States and Japan. Results indicate that the Japanese cognitive representation of number positively affects the understanding of place value. No gender…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education