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approximate number system --- Number Sense --- non-symbolic number acuity --- Numerical cognition --- Mathematics

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For many years, an abstract, amodal semantic magnitude representation, largely independent of verbal linguistic representations, has been viewed as the core numerical or mathematical representation This assumption has been substantially challenged in recent years. Linguistic properties affect not only verbal representations of numbers, but also numerical magnitude representation, spatial magnitude representations, calculation, parity representation, place-value representation and even early number acquisition. Thus, we postulate that numerical and arithmetic processing are not fully independent of linguistic processing. This is not to say, that in patients, magnitude processing cannot function independently of linguistic processing we just suppose, these functions are connected in the functioning brain. So far, much research about linguistic influences on numerical cognition has simply demonstrated that language influences number without investigating the level at which a particular language influence operates. After an overview, we present new findings on language influences on seven language levels: - Conceptual: Conceptual properties of language - Syntactic: The grammatical structure of languages beyond the word level influences - Semantic: The semantic meaning or existence of words - Lexical: The lexical composition of words, in particular number words - Visuo-spatial-orthographic: Orthographic properties, such as the writing/reading direction of a language - Phonological: Phonological/phonetic properties of languages - Other language-related skills: Verbal working memory and other cognitive skills related to language representations We hope that this book provides a new and structured overview on the exciting influences of linguistic processing on numerical cognition at almost all levels of language processing.

Mathematical linguistics. --- Cognition. --- Linguistic influences --- number word transparency --- SNARC --- Numerical cognition --- Language --- working memory --- Inversion property --- syntax --- semantics --- Lexical Processing

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This book is a reprint of the Special Issue "Scientific Reasoning in Science Education: From Global Measures to Fine-Grained Descriptions of Students’ Competencies" published in the journal Education Sciences. It compiles all manuscripts of the special issue.

scientific reasoning --- primary education --- individual differences --- cognition --- assessment --- item features --- item difficulty --- abductive reasoning --- models --- modeling --- model construction --- model application --- modeling competence --- scientific inquiry --- science education --- chemistry --- teacher education --- argumentation --- reasoning --- justifications --- socioscientific issues --- societally denied science --- controversial science issues --- science communication --- nature of science --- preservice teachers --- longitudinal study --- cross-lagged panel --- explanations --- drawings --- earthquakes --- modelling competence --- chemical education --- epistemic cognition --- science discussions --- Quality Talk --- professional knowledge --- scientific reasoning skills --- self-efficacy --- students’ difficulties --- diagnostic competencies --- anomalous data --- balance of nature metaphor --- science teacher education --- pre-service teachers --- person-centered statistical analyses --- latent class analysis --- biological reasoning --- three-tiered assessment --- Assessment of Biological Reasoning --- data reasoning --- statistics education --- numerical cognition --- cognitive development --- number sense --- n/a --- models and modeling --- philosophy of science --- students' difficulties