Preschoolers' use of number words to denote one-to-one correspondence.
Preschoolers' use of number words to denote one-to-one correspondence was assessed by 2 tasks. In the matching task, the children matched 2 sets to determine whether they could be put in one-to-one correspondence and then judged whether the same number word should be used to denote both sets. In the counting task, the children counted 2 sets and used the final number words of the count to determine whether the sets could be put in one-to-one correspondence. Most 4-year-olds and some 3 1/2-year-olds use number words to denote one-to-one correspondence in each of these tasks. These findings are related to previous research.
Becker
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University of California, Los Angeles.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D012660:Semantics