English and Chinese Children’s Performance on Numerical Tasks

East Asian pupils have consistently outperformed Western pupils in international comparisons of mathematical performance at both primary and secondary school level. It has sometimes been suggested that a contributory factor is the transparent counting systems of East Asian languages, which may facil...

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Main Authors: Ann Dowker, Anthony M. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02731/full