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Children and Arithmetic
Author(s) -
Bryant Peter
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1995.tb01654.x
Subject(s) - grasp , subtraction , psychology , context (archaeology) , simple (philosophy) , arithmetic , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive science , epistemology , computer science , mathematics , programming language , paleontology , philosophy , biology
The development of children's understanding of mathematical relations and of their grasp of the number system is described. It is discussed that children easily recognise one‐way pan‐pan relations but that the number system at first causes them difficulty. Children's relational understanding allows them to solve addition and subtraction problems fairly well when these deal with simple increases and decreases in quantity. It also helps them to make proportional judgements when these involve part‐pan relations However, problems that involve relations between pans and wholes are at first extremely difficult The review also deals with the effects of context and shows the considerable aptitudes that are handed on to children in informal settings.