If You Ask a Kindergartner, "If You Had Three Cookies

question 88

Multiple Choice

If you ask a kindergartner, "If you had three cookies and I gave you two more, how many cookies would you have altogether?", the kindergartener would

• A)be unlikely to be able to answer the question correctly.
• B)probably solve the problem by counting on his fingers.
• C)probably solve the problem by counting mentally.
• D)probably solve the problem by retrieving the answer from memory.

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Definitions:

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Experimental Group

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