Describe how preschoolers understand numbers. How does this compare to Piaget's assumptions about what preschoolers are able to understand?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Piaget underestimated the abilities for children to understand numbers.
- Children count and do so fairly consistently.
- Preschoolers follow a number of principles.
- Assign a single number to each item in a group.
- Even when they misname numbers they understand that the last number they say is the "total"
- Preschoolers are also able to carry out simple addition and subtraction by counting
- Preschoolers can compare different quantities quite successfully
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