The Role of Approximate Number System in Different Mathematics Skills Across Grades [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Although approximate number system (ANS) has been found to predict mathematics ability, it remains unclear if both aspects of ANS (symbolic and non-symbolic estimation) contribute equally well to mathematics performance and if their contribution varies ...
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Are there rapid feedback effects on Approximate Number System acuity? [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013 Humans are believed to be equipped with an Approximate Number System (ANS) that supports non-symbolic representations of numerical magnitude. Correlations between individual measures of the precision of the ANS and mathematical ability have raised the ...
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Executive Function and young children's Cardinality Principle: the mediating role of the Approximate Number System and the moderating role of age [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundExecutive Function and the Approximate Number System are well-established as critical components in developing the Cardinality Principle in young children.
Huanhuan Li +5 more
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How does Family Socioeconomic Status influence Children's Cardinality Principle? The chain mediation roles of Approximate Number System and Receptive Vocabulary Skills [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundFamily Socioeconomic Status, the Approximate Number System, and the Receptive Vocabulary Skills have been identified as key factors influencing the development of children's Cardinality Principle.
Huanhuan Li +5 more
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Symbolic number abilities predict later approximate number system acuity in preschool children. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 An ongoing debate in research on numerical cognition concerns the extent to which the approximate number system and symbolic number knowledge influence each other during development.
Christophe Mussolin +3 more
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Relation between approximate number system acuity and mathematical achievement: The influence of fluency [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Previous studies have observed inconsistent relations between the acuity of the Approximate Number System (ANS) and mathematical achievement. In this paper, we hypothesize that the relation between ANS acuity and mathematical achievement is influenced by
Li Wang, Yuhua Sun, Xinlin Zhou
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Methodological aspects to be considered when measuring the approximate number system (ANS) – a research review [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 According to a dominant view, the approximate number system (ANS) is the foundation of symbolic math abilities. Due to the importance of math abilities for education and career, a lot of research focuses on the investigation of the ANS and its ...
Julia Felicitas Dietrich +5 more
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In how many ways is the approximate number system associated with exact calculation? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The approximate number system (ANS) has been consistently found to be associated with math achievement. However, little is known about the interactions between the different instantiations of the ANS and in how many ways they are related to exact ...
Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas +7 more
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The neural basis of intuitive approximate number system in board game Go (Baduk) experts [PDF]
Scientific ReportsStudies have shown that newborns and nonhuman animals innately estimate quantities using the approximate number system (ANS), raising questions about whether the ANS is a precursor to advanced computational abilities or an independent cognitive function.
Taeyoung Lee +3 more
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An Introduction to the Approximate Number System. [PDF]
Child Dev Perspect, 2018 Abstract What are young children's first intuitions about numbers and what role do these play in their later understanding of mathematics? Traditionally, number has been viewed as a culturally derived breakthrough occurring relatively recently in human history that requires years of education to master. Contrary to this view, research
Odic D, Starr A.
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