Effects of finger counting on numerical development – the opposing views of neurocognition and mathematics education

Usually children learn the basic principles of number and arithmetic by the help of finger-based representations. However, whether the reliance on finger-based representations is only beneficial or whether it may even become detrimental is the subject of an ongoing debate between neuro-cognitive and...

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Main Authors: Korbinian eMoeller, Laura eMartignon, Silvia eWessolowski, Joachim eEngel, Hans-Christoph eNuerk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00328/full