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Klein, Esther; Klein, Colin – Cognitive Science, 2012
In their "The Prevalence of Mind-Body Dualism in Early China," Slingerland and Chudek use a statistical analysis of the early Chinese corpus to argue for Weak Folk Dualism (WFD). We raise three methodological objections to their analysis. First, the change over time that they find is largely driven by genre. Second, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Psychological Patterns
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Powell, Arthur B. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1986
Some pedagogical problems in Chinese numeration are described. They involve the teaching and learning of how to speak numerals with fluency in Chinese, using Hindu-Arabic written numbers. An alternative approach which stresses regularity is proposed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction