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The cradle of culture and what children know about writing and numbers before being taught /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tolchinsky Landsmann, Liliana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
Series:Developing mind series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What Children Know and We Have Already Forgotten About Writing and Numerals
  • What 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.