Summit
2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024
Numerical Cognition in Mandarin-Speaking 2-to-4-Year Olds in China
- Jean Ee Tang
Teachers College, Columbia University - Jean Ee Tang
Teachers College, Columbia University - Yuexin Li
Teachers College, Columbia University - Yintao Kang
Teachers College, Columbia University - Nina Lin
- Pangzhongyuan Pei
Teachers College, Columbia University - Huanyi Ye
- Langxu Jin
- Erxiao Wang
Teachers College, Columbia University - Yuanyuan Chang
Teachers College, Columbia University - Tianyi Liu
Teachers College, Columbia University - Xinming Zhou
Teachers College, Columbia University - Luxin Zhang
- Peter Gordon
Teachers College, Columbia University
Abstract
This study will investigate numerical cognition development in 2- to 4-year-old Mandarin-speaking children using a battery of number tasks studied previously. Data analysis will determine whether age and number-knower level predict performance. We anticipate that Mandarin-speaking children will perform similarly to English-speaking children except for later acquisition of number one.
Human Factors