ISBN:
0805838430
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9780805838435
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0805844848
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9780805844849
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1410607194
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9781410607195
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxxiv, 256 pages)
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illustrations.
Series Statement:
The developing mind series
Parallel Title:
Print version Cradle of culture and what children know about writing and numbers before being taught
DDC:
302.2244
Keywords:
Children Writing
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Child development
;
Literacy
;
Numeracy
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Children Writing
;
Numeracy
;
Literacy
;
Child development
;
Children Writing
;
Children
;
Writing
;
Child development
;
Children Writing
;
Literacy
;
Numeracy
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Literacy
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Electronic book
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book provides a description of pre-literate children's developing ideas about writing and numerals, and it illustrates the many ways in which cultural artifacts influence the mind and vice versa
Description / Table of Contents:
What Children Know and We Have Already Forgotten About Writing and NumeralsWhat Philosophers Say About Representational Means That May Help Us to Understand What Makes Writing and Numerals so Special -- What Historians Say About the Origin and History of Writing and Numerals -- What Children Know About Writing Before Being Formally Taught to Write -- What Children Know About Numerals Before Being Formally Taught and Immediately Afterward -- What Children Know About the Relations Between Writing and Number Notation -- The Effect of Writing on Children and Grown-ups Once It Has Been Learned -- Closing Reflections on Notational Systems, Boomerangs, and Circles.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and indexes. - Print version record
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