Piaget's conclusion that young children have no inherent sense of mathematical principles
A)was contradicted by the results of other researchers replicating his marble test.
B)has been called into question by research showing that children under 3 years of age understand concepts such as more than and less than.
C)has largely been supported, though such principles are acquired earlier than he postulated.
D)has been supported in a manner highly consistent with his initial proposal.

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Recent research has shown that children as young as 6 months old have a basic understanding of quantity, and by 2-3 years old, they have a rudimentary sense of numbers and mathematical concepts such as more than and less than. Therefore, Piaget's conclusion that young children have no inherent sense of mathematical principles has been called into question.

Piaget's Conclusion That Young Children Have No Inherent Sense of Mathematical