Counting, Number Sense, Order Irrelevance Principle

Order-Irrelevance Principle – The Order of the Count Doesn’t Matter

The order-irrelevance principle refers to the understanding that the order in which objects are counted is not important. It doesn’t matter whether the counting procedure is carried out from left to right, from right to left or from somewhere else, so long as every item in the collection is counted once and only once.  For example:… Read More Order-Irrelevance Principle – The Order of the Count Doesn’t Matter