Congratulations to Leah Marshall, one of two Cog Sci undergrad students who were awarded funding to further their research.
Leah, under the supervision of Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre, investigates how preschool-aged children understand number and quantity. She started this project as part of her honours thesis work and is excited to continue building on this research. Over the summer, she will visit local early learning centres to collect additional data, deepening and expanding the scope of her study.
About Leah’s Project:
Cardinality is the understanding of the purpose of counting. To assess this conceptual knowledge, however, we need to have children show us what they know. Leah will assist in developing and testing measures of cardinality with preschool children. Leah will also explore rational number arithmetic among adults to better understand how rational numbers (like fractions and percentages) are used in everyday situations.
