Editing Numeracy (section)

==Literacy==
There seems to be a relationship between [[literacy]] and numeracy,<ref name="Bullock1994">{{citation |title=Literacy in the Language of Mathematics |first=James O. |last=Bullock |journal=[[The American Mathematical Monthly]] |volume=101 |issue=8<!--| number = 8--> |date=October 1994 |pages=735–743 |jstor=2974528 |doi=10.2307/2974528}}</ref><ref name="Steen2001">{{citation |title=Mathematics and Numeracy: Two Literacies, One Language |journal=The Mathematics Educator |volume=6 |number=1 |year=2001 |pages=10–16 |first=Lynn Arthur |last=Steen}}</ref> which can be seen in young children. Depending on the level of literacy or numeracy at a young age, one can predict the growth of literacy and/ or numeracy skills in future development.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Purpura |first=David |author2=Hume, L. |author3=Sims, D. |author4=Lonigan, C. |title=Early literacy and early numeracy: The value of including early literacy skills in the prediction of numeracy |journal=[[Journal of Experimental Child Psychology]] |year=2011 |volume=110 |issue=4 |pages=647–658 |doi=10.1016/j.jecp.2011.07.004 |pmid=21831396}}</ref> There is some evidence that humans may have an inborn sense of number. In one study for example, five-month-old [[infant]]s were shown two dolls, which were then hidden with a screen. The babies saw the experimenter pull one doll from behind the screen. Without the child's knowledge, a second experimenter could remove, or add dolls, unseen behind the screen. When the screen was removed, the infants showed more surprise at an unexpected number (for example, if there were still two dolls). Some researchers have concluded that the babies were able to count, although others doubt this and claim the infants noticed surface area rather than number.<ref>[https://www.sciencenews.org/article/numbers-mind Numbers in Mind]</ref>