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Children’s Non-symbolic, Symbolic Addition and Their Mapping Capacity at 4–7 Years Old

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Title
Children’s Non-symbolic, Symbolic Addition and Their Mapping Capacity at 4–7 Years Old
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Frontiers in Psychology, July 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01203
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Yanjun Li, Meng Zhang, Yinghe Chen, Xiaoshuang Zhu, Zhijun Deng, Shijia Yan

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the developmental trajectories of non-symbolic and symbolic addition capacities in children and the mapping ability between these two. We assessed 106 4- to 7-year-old children and found that 4-year-olds were able to do non-symbolic addition but not symbolic addition. Five-year-olds and older were able to do symbolic addition and their performance in symbolic addition exceeded non-symbolic addition in grade 1 (approximate age 7). These results suggested non-symbolic addition ability emerges earlier and is less affected by formal mathematical education than symbolic addition. Meanwhile, we tested children's bi-directional mapping ability using a novel task and found that children were able to map between symbolic and non-symbolic representations of number at age 5. Their ability in mapping non-symbolic to symbolic number became more proficient in grade 1 (approximate age 7). This suggests children at age 7 have developed a relatively mature symbolic representation system.

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Unknown 18 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 22%
Researcher 3 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 17%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 6%
Professor 1 6%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 4 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 9 50%
Mathematics 1 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 6%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Unknown 6 33%
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