The Implicit Contribution of Fine Motor Skills to Mathematical Insight in Early Childhood.

ABSTRACT: Understanding number magnitude is an important prerequisite for children's mathematical development. One early experience that contributes to this understanding is the common practice of finger counting. Recent research suggested that through repeated finger counting, children internalize their fingers as representations of number magnitude. Furthermore, finger counting habits have been proposed to predict concurrent and future mathematical performance. However, little is known about how finger-based number representations are formed and by which processes they could influence mathematical development. Regarding the emergence of finger-based number representations, it is likely that they result from repeated practice of finger counting. Accordingly, children need sufficient fine motor skil

SUBMITTER: Fischer U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7283516 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature