Notational knowledge : : historical and developmental perspectives / / edited by Eva Teubal, Julie Dockrell, Liliana Tolchinsky.

Permanent external representations in the form of drawings, maps, musical scores, figures, graphs, writing, numerals, hallmarks and signatures are part of our daily landscape and permeate most social activities almost from the moment we are born. This book is about humans’ appropriation, understandi...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2007]
©2007
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Eva Teubal , Julie Dockrell and Liliana Tolchinsky
  • The Multiple Functions of External Representations: Introduction / Liliana Tolchinsky
  • Historical Evolution of Number Systems and Numeration Systems / Carlos E. Vasco
  • Natural Language, Artificial Language and the Representation of Time in Medieval Music / Dorit Tanay
  • Writing: The Story of a Cognitive Revolution / Jesús Tuson
  • Restructuring Conceptual Intuitions through Invented Notations / Jeanne Bamberger
  • Distinguishing Numeracy from Literacy: Evidence from Children’s Early Notations / Julie E. Dockrell and Eva Teubal
  • Writing and Written Numbers as Source of Knowledge / Liliana Tolchinsky
  • A New Framework for Understanding How Young Children Create External Representations for Puzzles and Problems / Lara M. Triona and David Klahr
  • Graphing Hagan Creek / Wolff-Michael Roth
  • Learning from Video: Early Understanding and Use of a Symbolic Medium / Georgene L. Troseth
  • The Impact of Notation on Cognition & Its Development: Theoretical Perspectives & Empirical Evidence / Michelle Eskritt and Kang Lee
  • Name Index / Eva Teubal , Julie Dockrell and Liliana Tolchinsky
  • Subject Index / Eva Teubal , Julie Dockrell and Liliana Tolchinsky.