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Research claims that perceiving structures in visual presentation of sets is an important ability for children’s numerical development. However, it is not easy to investigate whether and how children perceive structures. In this article, we analyze theoretically the processes of perceiving sets and determining the cardinality of sets and discuss possible benefits of the eye-tracking tool to get some insights into these processes of preschool children.
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Schöner, P., Benz, C. (2018). Visual Structuring Processes of Children When Determining the Cardinality of Sets: The Contribution of Eye-Tracking. In: Benz, C., Steinweg, A., Gasteiger, H., Schöner, P., Vollmuth, H., Zöllner, J. (eds) Mathematics Education in the Early Years. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78220-1_7
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