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She started this project as part of her honours thesis work and is excited to continue building on this research.\u00a0Over the summer, she will visit local early learning centres to collect additional data, deepening and expanding\u00a0the scope of her study.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">About Leah\u2019s Project:<\/strong><br \/>\nCardinality 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.\u00a0 Leah will also explore rational number arithmetic among adults to better understand how rational numbers (like fractions and percentages) are used in everyday situations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16385 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-400x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-400x331.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-240x198.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-160x132.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-1536x1270.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-360x298.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic-200x165.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/MarinLeah-Marshall-Award-pic.jpg 1626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Leah Marshall, one of two Cog Sci undergrad students who were awarded funding to further their research. 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