The role of multi-digit number processing in the development of numerical cognition [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Helga Krinzinger

The role of multi-digit number processing in the development of numerical cognition Von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einer Doktorin der Philosophie genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von Mag.rer.nat. Helga Krinzinger Berichter: Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Klaus Willmes-von Hinckeldey Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Iring Koch Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 29. Oktober 2010 Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbibliothek online verfügbarThe role of multi-digit number processing in the development of numerical cognition 2 The role of multi-digit number processing in the development of numerical cognition “If you take care of the syntax of a representational system, the semantics will take care of itself.” (Haugeland, 1985, p. 106) 3 The role of multi-digit number processing in the development of numerical cognition 4 The role of multi-digit number processing in the development of numerical cognition Table of Contents 1 General Introduction _________________________________________________ 15 1.1 Can adult models be used to describe the development of numeracy?________ 17 1.2 Is the transcoding process in children semantic or asemantic? ______________ 17 1.3 Are multi-digit number representations in children holistic or decomposed? ____ 19 1.